PAUL DONALD
General Manager Consulting
Paul is a veteran, business leader and engineer with over 35 years of worldwide experience in defence gained with the Royal Air Force, Australian SMEs and global corporates.
In the RAF he was deployed worldwide, including a 4-year secondment to NATO (Munich) and 3 years in the Middle East. A native Scot and proud Australian he has led professional consulting services organisations and business growth in international defence companies.
Paul has great respect for defence personnel and passionately believes our forces deserve the best support and equipment. Most recently he pursued and set up Australian support for the F-35 and is a keen follower of defence technology and strategy. At NATO Paul led international aircraft sustainment teams. In Australia he won and delivered multiple sustainment programs and upgrades across aerospace, land and rail.
Paul has an BSc in Engineering and holds a Masters of Defence Administration from Cranfield University (MBA) and is committed to a program of lifelong learning. He enjoys everything with gourmet in the description, supports North Melbourne and spends odd times of the night watching European football.