A strong leader with over 30 years of management experience working all over the world in the challenging environment of the British and Australian Army. An advocate of justice for everyone and a deep connection to the Indigenous peoples of Australia. Works hard to strive for excellence and holds integrity, honesty, courage, and respect as values to live by. Born in 1967 and raised in Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. He left school at the age of 16 to enlist in the British Army as an Apprentice Engineer. Spent the next 24 years working all over the world and on operations in Desert Storm, Bosnia, Kosovo, Gulf War (Iraq), and Afghanistan. In 2009 he completed a lateral transfer to the Australian Defence Force in Darwin. Seeing the discord and divide amongst Australian Soldiers to the Indigenous population he left the Army and took up a position as a Housemaster at Kormilda College where he was instrumental in improving the lives of young Indigenous Australians and spent the next seven years as the Assistant Head of the boarding program. Following this, he spent a brief spell as a corrections officer at Darwin Correctional Centre and left due to the inability to effect change and attitudes of other officers in the way they treated Indigenous prisoners. As a team Leader for a Darwin-based NDIS provider responsible for 11 SIL houses and 99 staff, his leadership and mentoring skills along with his passion for improving the lives of people with a disability had a positive impact on all. Always looking for the next challenge Gary took up a position as a Team Leader with YMCA at the newly opened drop-in Centre in Palmerston for 10 to 17-year old’s. After spending 6 months developing policy and procedures and training staff, he was invited to take up a position as the Operations Manager with United NT Disability Services.