BIOGRAPHY
Brigadier Alison Creagh AM CSC is President of the Certa Cito Foundation and Representative Colonel Commandant for the Royal Australian Corps of Signals. She is also Chair of the ACT Ministerial Advisory Council for Veterans and Their Families, Trustee of the Commando Welfare Trust, a Defence Ambassador and member of the ACT Defence Industry Advisory Board, and a member of the AustCyber Canberra Node Industry Advisory Group. She chairs the Board of Governors for The Road Home - The Repat Foundation and is President of Rowing ACT. Alison is a Non-Executive Director of The Hospital Research Foundation and SME Gateway and is a strategic adviser for several companies including archTIS.
Brigadier Creagh retired from the Australian Regular Army in March 2015 after a 30-year career and continues to serve in the Army Reserve. Brigadier Creagh attended the Officer Cadet School Portsea and graduated to the Royal Australian Corps of Signals in 1985. During her career she commanded the independent 145th Signal Squadron and the Defence Force School of Signals where she also held the appointment of Deputy Head of Corps. Brigadier Creagh was Director-General Public Affairs, Director-General Strategic Communications and Director-General ADF Theatre Project,
Brigadier Creagh served on operations in Cambodia in support of the United Nations, as part of the International Assistance Force in East Timor, Iraq and in Afghanistan with Headquarters International Security Assistance Force (HQ ISAF). She also supported the Sydney 2000 Olympics and a number of disaster relief and border protection operations in Australia.

BIOGRAPHY
Brigadier Novak graduated from the Royal Military College Duntroon in 1995 to the Royal Australian Corps of Signals. He has since filled a full range of regimental and staff appointments with highlights including Squadron Commander and Regimental Operations Officer at the 3rd Combat Signal Regiment, Staff Officer Grade 1 for battlefield digitisation at Army Headquarters, and Commanding Officer of the 1st Combat Signal Regiment. Post his Regimental command, Brigadier Novak spent two years seconded to the Office of National Intelligence as a strategic analyst. In this role, he prepared reports covering global events and issues relevant to Australia’s strategic security interests for a range of senior government officials. After this secondment, Brigadier Novak returned to Army Headquarters as Military Assistant to the Chief of Army.
Brigadier Novak was promoted to Colonel in December 2016 and subsequently posted to the United States as the Australian Liaison Officer to United States Strategic Command. In this role, Brigadier Novak worked closely with senior leaders from across the Australian Defence Organisation and United States Strategic Command in a constant effort to operationalise and strengthen this important relationship.
Upon return to Australia in 2019, Brigadier Novak served as Chief of Staff to the Chief of the Defence Force. He was promoted to his current rank and Head of Corps, Royal Australian Corps of Signals in January 2020 and appointed Commander Defence Strategic Communications in February 2020. In this role, he is responsible for delivering a secure, robust and resilient strategic communications network for deployed ADF elements, Australian Defence bases and coalition partners in support of all Department of Defence operations, contingencies and exercises.
Brigadier Novak is a graduate of the Australian Command and Staff Course and holds a Masters of Science in Information Technology and a Masters of Arts in Strategy and Policy, both awarded from the University of New South Wales.