Experienced forensic expert with a background in security threat investigations and vulnerability assessments.
Sam leads the firms Government Forensic Investigations practice in Canberra, leading a specialised team with strong financial and misconduct investigations experience. With a specialisation in solving complex problems across macro-strategic and geo-political subject areas, Sam has an extensive background investigating security threats, providing vulnerability assessments and analysing disparate or conflicting information.
Sam is highly skilled at understanding and communicating complex security related risk, assisting clients mitigate foreign interference, trusted insider, supplier/supply chain and counterparty risk through the development of appropriate risk management processes. Throughout his career Sam has also built a reputation for delivering solutions to sensitive personnel security issues, collaboratively and with integrity.
Working at senior levels within the Australian Intelligence Community, Sam’s leadership in the counterintelligence and insider threat space directly influenced the requirements for change within Australia’s Espionage and Foreign Interference Legislation.
Qualifications & Memberships
- Dip. International Relations & National Security
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons.)
- Certificate IV – Government (Investigations)