Andrew Chandler – Andrew is a distinguished national security and emergency management senior executive with over 30 years of experience across defence, national resiliance and crisis coordination at the highest levels of Australian government.  He has led large multi-agency civilian, uniformed and technical teams globally and managed multi-billion-dollar programs of national significance across the Defence, Prime Minister and Cabinet and Home Affairs portfolios.  Andrew has acted as Director General of Emergency Management Australia and Deputy of the National Emergency Management Agency, where he oversaw the roll-out of significant national emergency management capabilities and disaster resilience and recovery initiatives worth more than $20 billion.  He also led Australia's post COVID-19 border reopening and a Prime Ministerial taskforce to attract global talent, technology and investments of over $7 billion, and has served as the Chief Risk Officer for Home Affairs. His diplomatic career includes serving as Minister Counsellor for Defence Policy in Washington, managing Australia's alliance relationship with the United States, and a long-term posting to Jakarta. With operational deployments to Afghanistan, Aceh, Timor-Leste and Bougainville, he brings deep expertise in navigating complex geopolitical challenges.  Andrew has a Bachelor degree in Politics and Indonesian, and a Masters of International Relations from the Australian National University.