Member of the Lindo Advisory Board @ (September 2024 - Present)
Advisor to the Global Special Forces Advisory Council @ (February 2020 - Present)
Chairman of the Commando Welfare Trust @ The Commando Welfare Trust (October 2018 - Present)
Director KLAS Australia @ (May 2019 - July 2025)
Executive Advisor to the PSAB @ Public Sector Advisory Board (PSAB) (October 2020 - December 2024)
Strategic Advisor for the Land Campaign @ (May 2020 - December 2024)
No-Executive Advisor to the Board @ (September 2019 - October 2024)
Strategic Advisor to Sparta Science @ (November 2020 - November 2023)
Defence and National Security Strategic Advisor (Asia Pacific Region) @ (September 2019 - March 2022)
Senior Consultant to Kiah Consulting @ (January 2020 - September 2021)
Commissioner NSW State Emergency Service @ (February 2017 - March 2019)
Director General Joint Force Anaylsis @ Australian Defence Force (January 2015 - February 2017)
Deputy Director of Operations United States Special Operations Command @ (July 2013 - December 2014)
Director of the Coalition Coordination Centre at US Central Command @ USCENTCOM (December 2012 - June 2013)
Commander ISAF Special Operations Forces @ ISAF (October 2011 - October 2012)
Deputy Commander Australian Special Operations Command @ Special Operations Command Australia (December 2009 - October 2011)
Masters Student - Centre for Defence Strategic Studies @ Australian Defence Force (January 1982 - December 2009)
Deputy Commander and Director of Military Arts - Royal Military College Duntroon @ Australian Defence Force (January 2008 - December 2008)
Commanding Officer 4 RAR (Commando) - now 2 Cdo Regt @ Australian Defence Force (December 2005 - December 2007)
Commandant of the Special Forces Training Centre @ Australian Defence Force (December 2003 - December 2005)
Mark Smethurst Education
Centre for Defence & Strategic Studies - Deakin University
Masters of Management
2009-2009
Australian Command and Staff College, University of Canberra
Master's degree (Strategic & Defence Studies)
1999-1999
UNSW - Royal Military College Duntroon
Bachelor of Arts - BA
1982-1986
Mark Smethurst Skills
Building Coalitions
Army
Command
Coaching
Change Management
Mark Smethurst Summary
Mark Smethurst, based in Mossy Point, NSW, AU, is currently a Company Owner at Unleash Consulting Pty Ltd. Mark Smethurst brings experience from previous roles at CISTECH Solutions, XTEK Limited, xReality Group and Kord Defence Pty Ltd. Mark Smethurst holds a 2009 - 2009 Masters of Management @ Centre for Defence & Strategic Studies - Deakin University. With a robust skill set that includes Building Coalitions, Army, Command, Coaching, Change Management and more. Mark Smethurst has 3 emails on RocketReach.
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