B. Appendix B - Public hearings

B. Appendix B - Public hearings

Friday, 19 May 2023 – Canberra

Australian National Audit Office

  • Mr Grant Hehir, Auditor-General
  • Ms Rona Mellor PSM, Deputy Auditor-General
  • Dr Tom Ioannou, Group Executive Director, Performance Audit Services Group
  • Ms Michelle Page, Senior Executive Director, Performance Audit Services Group

Department of Defence

  • Mr Matt Yannopoulos, Associate Secretary
  • Mr Chris Deeble, Deputy Secretary, Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group
  • Rear Admiral Wendy Malcolm, Deputy Secretary Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Group
  • Major General Anthony Rawlins, Head Force Design
  • Air Vice Marshall Wendy Blyth, Head of Air Force Capability
  • Major General Andrew Bottrell, Head Land Systems (by video)
  • Air Vice Marshal David Scheul, Head Air Defence and Space Systems Division

Friday, 8 September 2023 – Canberra

BAE Systems

  • Mr Ben Hudson, Chief Executive Officer

Monday, 20 November 2023 – Canberra

Australian National Audit Office

  • Mr Grant Hehir, Auditor-General
  • Ms Rona Mellor PSM, Deputy Auditor-General
  • Dr Tom Ioannou, Group Executive Director, Performance Audit Services Group
  • Ms Amy Wilmott, Executive Director, Performance Audit Services Group
  • Ms Michelle Page, Senior Executive Director, Performance Audit Services Group

Department of Defence

  • Mr Greg Moriarty, Secretary
  • Mr Matt Yannopoulos, Associate Secretary
  • Mr Chris Deeble, Deputy Secretary Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group
  • Mr Steven Groves, Chief Financial Officer
  • Mr Jim McDowell, Deputy Secretary Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Group
  • Mr Graham Weber, First Assistant Secretary Financial Performance & Management
  • Major General Anthony Rawlins, Head Navy Capability
  • Brigadier Warren Gould, Director General Systems and Integration
  • Air Vice Marshal Wendy Blyth, Head of Air Force Capability
  • Ms Sheryl Lutz, First Assistant Secretary MS Combatants & Combat Systems
  • Ms Francesca Rush, Chief Counsel Commercial & First Assistant Secretary Australian Industry Capability
  • Major General Jeremy King, Head Joint Aviation Systems Division
  • Air Vice Marshal David Scheul, Head Air Defence and Space Systems Division
  • Rear Admiral Wendy Malcolm, Patrol Boats & Specialist Ships

Department of Finance

  • Mr Nathan Williamson, Deputy Secretary, Governance and Resource Management
  • Ms Anna Harmer PSM, First Assistant Secretary, Government & Defence Division, Governance and Resource Management