Mr Vincenzo (Vince) Di Pietro is an experienced executive, director general and former Royal Australian Navy Commodore with significant high-profile senior leadership experience.

Mr Di Pietro’s notable achievements include (but are not limited to) commanding one of the largest asset modernisation programs in Navy’s Fleet Air Arm history, involving a $6.2billion investment and 1400 personnel. Further, Mr Di Pietro staff positions at the Royal Australian Navy included service as Deputy Commander Australian Naval Aviation & Commander (Aviation Operations), Chief of Staff – Commander Australian Navy Aviation Group HQ (Commanding Officer – HMAS STIRLING & Superintendent of Naval Waters), Director General, Navy Certification, Safety and Acceptance (Navy Systems Command), Director of Studies / Acting Commandant (Australian Command & Staff College), Director General, Capability Plans & Engagement (Naval Attaché, Washington D.C., USA) and Commander Fleet Air Arm.

Following retirement from the Permanent Navy, Mr Di Pietro was appointed the Chief Executive of Lockheed Martin Australia and New Zealand. Mr Di Pietro oversaw the delivery completion of 24 MH60-R Seahawks, the first deliveries of F35A Joint Strike Fighter and signed contracts for the BYG-1 Combat Data System of Future Submarine, AEGIS Combat Data System in Hunter Class Frigate and AIR 5428 ADF Pilot Training System.

Mr Di Pietro holds a Master of Arts (Strategic Studies) from Deakin University and a Graduate Certificate of Mr Di Pietro from the Royal Australian Navy Staff College. Mr Di Pietro is also a fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales, Royal Aeronautical Society, Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Independent Institute for Economic Resilience (Australia).

Mr Michael Hadlow is a business leader and strategic consultant with over 25 years of experience spanning the Australian Defence Force, global financial institutions, and the defence consulting sector. Michael combines operational credibility with executive leadership and an intimate understanding of the Japan–Australia strategic relationships.

Mr Hadlow completed over 30 years of service in the Australian Army across a range of assignments to include five operational deployments overseas and three major domestic operations. From 2008 to 2012 he was the defence attaché to Japan. He continues to champion veteran issues and provide niche advice to the current leadership of the ADF. Following his military career, Mr Hadlow spent almost a decade in executive positions at renowned global financial and professional services companies.

Mr Hadlow founded AMCER Consulting in 2019 and has built a highly successful business that has been instrumental in Japan winning the SEA3000 project to provide General Purpose Frigates to the Royal Australian Navy. As the Principal Consultant of AMCER he has supported a wide range of companies seeking to expand into new markets or improve business practices.

Mr Hadlow specialises in developing market entry strategies for the Japanese defence sector. He has developed a network of trusted stakeholders to facilitate senior level engagement on a diverse range of topics.

Mr Hadlow holds a Master of International Studies from the University of Sydney, a Bachelor of Political Science (Hons) from the University of New South Wales and Advanced Diploma of Management from the Australian Defence College.

Mr Rajarshi Ray has over 30 years’ experience across finance, information technology, education, manufacturing and tourism sectors, having held senior management or CEO roles across Europe, Asia, North America and Australia.

In addition to Mr Ray’s executive roles, Mr Ray has lectured at a number of Australian universities in IT, Accounting and Law. He has authored and edited text books in accounting, and has been engaged by the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Financial Services Institute of Australia to set their professional entry exams. 

Mr Ray has also served in non-executive director roles with Class Ltd (ASX:CL1); CSG Limited (ASX:CSV) and Livehire Ltd (ASX:LVH) and as chair of Kyckr Ltd (ASX:KYK). In addition, Mr Ray has also served as chair of the audit & risk committees, nomination and remuneration committees for these companies.

Mr Ray is also involved in a number of not-for-profit boards in Agriculture, Tourism and Education. Mr Ray holds a Bachelor of Information Technology, Grad Certificate (Accounting) and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants; SA Fin and GAICD.

Mr Gregory Tunny was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company in December 2025. Previously, since 2020, Mr Tunny was engaged by the Company as Chief Strategy and Development Officer.

Mr Tunny has over 35 years’ experience in the defence and aerospace industry, including with Australian Defence Industries, Thales Australia, Thales Air Traffic Management Australia and ASC (previously the Australian Submarine Corporation), leading and scaling these businesses with domestic and international customers in the United States, Europe and Asia.

Mr Tunny was the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of ASC when it won a multi-billion-dollar Hobart Class Air Destroyer program and delivered the Collins Replacement Combat System, Collins RCS being the first Defence project to win the Australian Institute of Project Management’s Project of the Year Award in 2007. At Thales Air Traffic Management Australia, Mr Tunny was Managing Director of the Melbourne based, global focused, business unit responsible for developing and delivering national Air Traffic Management systems including the Australian Advanced Air Traffic System and Chinese NESAC system. At Australian Defence Industries and Thales Australia, Mr Tunny held several positions, including the General Manager the Perth based software division, which dominated the development of Command and Control information systems for the Australian Defence Force for over 10 years.

Mr Tunny is a Physicist with and holds an Executive Master of Business Administration with the Melbourne University. Mr Tunny is also a Fellow of the Academy of Technology Science & Engineering.

Mr James Bahen is a director and equity partner of SmallCap Corporate and chartered secretary who commenced his career in audit and assurance with an international chartered accounting firm.

Mr Bahen is currently a non-executive director and company secretary to a number of ASX-listed companies and has a broad range of corporate governance and capital markets experience, having been involved with public company listings, mergers and acquisitions transactions and capital raisings for ASX-listed companies across the resource industry.

Mr Bahen is a member of the Governance Institute of Australia and holds a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and a Bachelor of Commerce degree majoring in accounting and finance.