Our Team
Simon Petie
Managing Director
Simon has over 18 years of experience in key leadership positions, currently focusing on Business Resilience (Strategic Response, Crisis Management and Business Continuity) and working throughout Australia, North America, Asia and the Middle East.
Trent Clouston
Director
Trent has over 20 years’ experience in both emergency management (Law Enforcement / Fire Rescue) and resilience consultancy roles. He has been involved in some of the largest events and incidents in Australia, with significant work at strategic levels within multiagency environments.
Briony Morgan
Associate Director, Resilience & Innovation
Briony has over 10 years of experience in key leadership positions with a passion for helping organisations achieve their Business Resilience goals (Strategic Response, Crisis Management and Business Continuity). Briony has experience across the entire business resilience lifecycle, from gap analysis, strategy and plan development, and facilitation of training and exercise scenarios.
Geoff Rickards
Senior Manager, Risk & Resilience
Geoff is an experienced and motivated leader with more than 15-years experience in key leadership positions. During his extensive military career and more recently as a business executive, Geoff has developed and honed a unique breadth of skills to critically analyse and solve complex organisational problems, influencing change and action
Keryn Malone
Senior Manager
Keryn is as a highly accomplished professional, adept in navigating complex policy landscapes, spearheading projects, and driving change. Possessing an extensive background in the public sector, she is a solutions-focused individual with experience in emergency response and disaster recovery.
Joshua Roach
Senior Manager, Risk & Resilience
Joshua is an ex-law enforcement and business governance specialist with multiple high-level skill sets in the development of emergency management capability, policies and plans, as well as emergency management and critical infrastructure exercises that combines people, process and technology to achieve organisational objectives.
Peter Henry
Manager, Risk and Resilience
Peter has over 20 years’ of Public Safety and Justice experience in both the public and private sectors, providing him a wealth of first-hand experience in emergency management, leadership, business acumen and innovative thinking.
Patrick Murphy
Manager
Patrick Murphy is experienced in assisting and supporting our Directors and clients across our range of service offerings. Paddy is crucial in providing research and analysis of the potential risks and events that impact our clients, including identifying challenges and gaps in policy and documentation.
Daniel Cupitt
Senior Consultant
Daniel has a Bachelor of Business from the Queensland University of Technology majoring in Management and Marketing. He is skilled in the areas of relationship management and social media marketing and through his studies has developed a deep understanding of operational, strategic and logistic management as well as management theory and marketing strategy.
Cole Brokmann
Business Resilience Consultant
Cole has experience in the areas of management, marketing and customer service and has developed a deep understanding of operational and logistics management.
Rosanna Radici
Business Resilience Consultant
Rosanna is a final-year Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) student at the University of Western Australia, majoring in Political Science and International Relations. Rosanna is experienced working across international organisations and not-for-profits, and is passionate about public policy, cybersecurity, and government relations.
Claire Williams
Finance Manager
Claire is an experienced Finance Manager with a Bachelor of Business from the Queensland University of Technology and is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
Dawson Petie
Strategic Advisor
Dawson Petie has over 30 years’ experience as a company director and has served on the boards of some of Australia’s largest organisations, including Qudos Bank, Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC), Queensland Rail, Sunsuper and UnitingCare.
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Business resilience solutions for times that challenge everyday operations
Escalate Consulting specialises in a highly customised approach to business resilience, ensuring that our Review, Planning, Training and Exercising solutions are practical, easy-to-use and tailored to your unique business requirements and culture.
We pride ourselves on providing expert advice and extraordinary support and services that arm our clients to thrive during a disruption – and beyond.
