Lieutenant General Susan Coyle enlisted as a soldier in the Army Reserves in 1987 before completing a science degree at the Australian Defence Force Academy and graduating from the Royal Military College in 1992 into the Royal Australian Corps of Signals. Appointed to Chief of Joint Capabilities Group in July 2024, she proudly leads the Space and Cyber Domains and National Support for Defence. Lieutenant General Coyle has worked at the tactical, operational and strategic levels and is fortunate to have had multiple opportunities to command. Key appointments have included Head Information Warfare, Commander Forces Command, Commander Joint Task Force 633, Commander 6th Brigade, Commander Task Group Afghanistan and Commanding Officer 17th Signal Regiment. She has deployed to Timor Leste, Solomon Islands, Afghanistan and the Middle East. Lieutenant General Coyle holds three post-graduate masters degrees and is a Distinguished Graduate of the United States Army War College and an alumnus of the Harvard Advanced Management Program. Lieutenant General Coyle was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for Commander Joint Task Force 633, a Distinguished Service Medal as Deputy Commander JTF 636/Commander Task Group Afghanistan, and a Conspicuous Service Cross as Commanding Officer 17th Signal Regiment. Whilst posted to the United States, she received the U.S. Army Commendation Medal as the 11th Signal Brigade Satellite Engineer. Susan is married to Mark, an engineer in the Army, and together they have three wonderful and mostly charming millennials – Jessica, Susie and Jack. Her hobbies include attending musical theatre, reading anything and travelling anywhere.

RADM Andrew Quinn, RAN graduated from the Australian Defence Force Academy in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science. Early in his career he served as an Officer of the Watch and Fighter Controller on Australian and Canadian Frigates. In 1998 he graduated as a Principal Warfare Officer (Air), and subsequently served as the Gunnery Officer on the Frigates HMA Ships Sydney and Adelaide. In 2003 he assumed Command of the Fremantle Class Patrol Boat HMAS Bunbury and in 2005 the Armidale Class Patrol boat HMAS Bathurst. After serving as the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Project Director and within the Anzac Anti-Ship Missile Defence Upgrade Project, he assumed Command of the ANZAC Class Frigate HMAS Toowoomba in 2009. RADM Quinn has served in operations in Haiti, East Timor, Solomon Islands, Border Protection and in the Middle East. RADM Quinn was awarded a Commendation for Conspicuous Service for his Command of HMAS Toowoomba. In 2013, RADM Quinn served as Director Frigates, responsible for the through-life capability of the Anzac Class and Project Sponsor of the Future Frigate Project. In 2017 RADM Quinn completed the Australian Defence and Strategic Studies Course as well as a Masters of Arts (Strategic Studies). In 2018 RADM Quinn served as the Combined Maritime Forces Director Operations and Commander Maritime Task Group Middle East Region, as part of Australia’s commitment to promote maritime security. In this capacity RADM Quinn was awarded the US Legion of Merit. In 2019 and 2020 RADM Quinn served as the Commander Australian Maritime Task Group, leading Maritime Task Groups as either a Sea Combat Commander or as a Commander Task Group. This has included multiple operational deployments in the Indo-Pacific. In November 2020, RADM Quinn commenced as Director General Surface Combatants and Aviation, responsible for the through-life capability of surface and aviation assets. RADM Quinn then served as the Director General – Modernisation, Assessment and Assurance in Joint Operations Command. On promotion to Rear Admiral, RADM Quinn commenced his current posting as Head Space and Cyber Capabilities in Joint Capabilities Group in December 2024. In his spare time RADM Quinn is a reluctant gardener, enjoys reading (biographies and fantasy), strategy gaming, spending time with his wife and adult children, and walking Bella the family labradoodle.

AIRCDRE Paul ‘Squared’ Pettigrew proudly serves Defence through applying his advanced technical and diverse global leadership expertise gained through a combination of ADF and civilian career experiences. AIRCDRE Pettigrew joined the RAAF in 1988, serving for 12 years as an F/A-18 Hornet operational fighter pilot and instructor. In 2020, he returned to the ADF following 20 years in private industry, having been the founder and CEO of a successful next-generation integrated services company. He designed, built, owned and operated multiple data centres and segments of the internet globally, with autonomous software as a service, cloud computing, AI, and world-leading self-healing resilient cyber terrain. In 2021 as lead technical author of the Australian Defence – Cyber Concept, he contributed to Defence considering cyber for its purposes, the required functions, and a construct to command and control them with agility: enabling the ADF’s doctrinal declaration of the Cyber Domain. During 2022-23 as CDF’s ADF Liaison Officer to USCYBERCOM at Fort Meade, he enabled key leader engagements and strategic multinational fora. He authored new US Joint Warfighting all-domain command and control doctrine, contributed to the design of global and theatre-level, multi-national command, control and coordination operational mechanisms, and first of type combined operations. Awarded the U.S. Defence Meritorious Service Medal, acknowledged his “alliance advocacy, leadership acumen, technical warfighting expertise” and 4* CDR USCYBERCOM cited “distinctive accomplishments that improved orchestration and effectiveness of cyber operations globally”. From January to June 2024, as the ADF’s inaugural CYBERCOMD was established, he led the Cyber Domain Futures Directorate, responsible for Cyber Domain (cyberspace and the electromagnetic spectrum): Strategy, Concepts & Doctrine, Force Integration & Experimentation, and Capability Requirements. From July 2024, on promotion to AIRCDRE as Director General Cyber Force Development, his task was to envision a new era of operational art and develop both cyber power and information advantage: as coherent and integrated elements of national military power, to generate warfighting advantage for the integrated force in competition and conflict. Since November 2024, he serves as Commander of the JFCyC to Chief of Joint Operations at HQJOC, with the ‘dual-hat’ of Commander DSCB. A new entity, the JFCyC is responsible for the planning and execution of cyber operations as a coherent element of Australian Military Power. It is through the JFCyC that operational cooperation with allies and partners, as well as the Australian Signals Directorate, government and commercial cyber elements, are strengthened and employed for Defence. AIRCDRE Pettigrew holds a Bachelor of Computing from Monash University, is a certified Senior Professional in Cyber Security and holds a Master’s Degree in Cyber Security, Strategy & Diplomacy from UNSW. He is married to Joanne with three adult children, is an avid explorer of emerging technology and consumer of political content. An Australian representative in the 1987 World Rowing Championships and recent Australian Rowing Team Coach, he maintains fitness daily as a national-championship competitive athlete for the ADF Rowing Team and in long-distance road cycling.

AIRCDRE Mick Reidy joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1996 whilst studying as an undergraduate in a Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Hons) at the University of Queensland. His initial postings established early his career path in communications and cyber. Follow on postings in ADF Tactical Information Exchange and Staff Officer to CIOG Head of ICT Operations gave AIRCDRE Reidy further operational and strategic insights into Defence’s technical capabilities. In 2011, AIRCDRE Reidy was selected for the U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) Chief Cyber Operations Planner exchange officer position. The three years in the USA exposed AIRCDRE Reidy to the planning and execution of integrated cyberspace missions within full spectrum kinetic and non-kinetic operations. On return to Australia, AIRCDRE Reidy was the Deputy Director Cyber Coordination within VCDF Group, followed by three years as Commanding Officer of No 462SQN, the ADF’s premier cyber warfare Squadron. AIRCDRE Reidy was promoted and posted as the HQJOC J6 where he brought together operational offensive and defensive cyber warfare elements into the same area as network operations. In 2021, AIRCDRE Reidy was posted to CIOG as the Commander Defence Strategic Communications, where he was responsible for operating the Defence Single Information Environment (SIE), one of Australia’s largest and most complex ICT and communication networks. While in the same role in 2024, AIRCDRE Reidy was also appointed the inaugural Joint Force Cyber Component Commander, delivering for the first time a unified command and control entity for full spectrum Defence cyberspace operations. AIRCDRE Reidy’s current posting is Director General Cyber Force Development in Cyber Command, responsible for developing and setting the conditions for Defence’s cyber domain and warfighting capability. In January 2025, AIRCDRE Reidy was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia in the Military Division for his exceptional service to the ADF in cyber and communications. AIRCDRE Reidy was also awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal by the U.S. Secretary of Defense for his time in USCYBERCOM. AIRCDRE Reidy has had two operational tours, the first in 2003 as the A6 on Op FALCONER and Op CATALYST, and the second in 2010 on Op SLIPPER. He has a Masters in Engineering Science and a Masters in Strategy and Management. AIRCDRE Reidy and his beautiful wife Maria thoroughly enjoy raising their three older children. AIRCDRE Reidy is an enthusiastic participant and observer of all forms of sport.