Judges

Rachell DeLuca

RIMA

Rachell DeLuca is an Australian security and risk consultant with more than 25 years’ experience and is the director and founder of Protective Security Advisory. 

She was awarded the 2017 Outstanding Security Consultant Australian OSPA and has been a member of the Australian judging panel since 2018, enjoying greatly the privilege of reviewing the high standard of nominations each year. 

Rachell is certified by the Risk Management Institute of Australasia (RMIA), as a Certified Practicing Risk Manager (CPRM), and is currently pursuing a PhD in Security Science.

George Dionisopoulos

ASIS New South Wales Chapter

A dedicated Senior Security Consultant with over 20 years of specialising in Security, Compliance & Risk Management and Government Relations. George has  a proven track record in developing and implementing robust security solutions.

Specializing in risk assessment, compliance management, and incident response, as well as extensive expertise in creating and maintaining secure environments for diverse clients. He is adept at collaborating with stakeholders to tailor security measures to specific organizational needs and has a comprehensive knowledge of industry standards. This coupled with strong leadership and communication skills, ensures effective security strategies that align with regulatory requirements.

He is passionate about staying abreast of emerging threats and technologies to provide cutting-edge security consultancy.

George prides himself on delivering security excellence and helping build the portfolio for the next generation of young security professionals by participating as an active member in ASIS International, The Security Institute and various other security forums.

John Fleming

Australian Security Industry Association Ltd (AISAL)

John has over thirty-five years’ organisational and operational experience in the security industry in Australia and Internationally.

John is currently the General Manager at ASIAL and has held a number of General Manager positions throughout his career in the security industry. John holds Management and Risk qualifications from MGSM and the ACU. He also serves as a committee member for ACMA, Artibus, Standards Australia and the IEC.

Tony Keane

Australia Security Medals Foundation (ASMF)

As the Head of Integrity and Security at the Australian Football League, Tony has responsibility for the AFL’s Security and Emergency Management operations across the AFL, AFLW, VFL and Coates league competitions incorporating over 900 games, 40+ stadiums and over 100+ corporate events annually.

Tony is also responsible for the overall management of Security Operations at the AFL owned Marvel stadium incorporating events such as AFL, BBL Cricket, Soccer, World Rugby along with year-round concerts and major international sporting events hosted at the stadium.

Within the integrity space Tony oversees the AFL’s Intelligence and Investigations, Wagering, Anti-Doping and Illicit Drug programs, Respectful Behaviours and Safeguarding Children programs.  

Tony represents all Australian Sporting Codes as the delegate for the National Business Advisory Group, a sub-committee of the Australian and New Zealand Counter Terrorism Committee.  In addition, Tony is also the deputy chair of the Forum of Australasian Security Executives (FASE) and a member of the Asia Crisis Security Group, Coalition of Major Professional Participation Sports and a board member at the Australian Security Medals Foundation.

Tony has travelled internationally conducting research on counter-terrorism, security and stadium operations in the United States, Switzerland, Poland and the United Kingdom. 

He has completed an Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (investigations) and Diplomas in Public Safety, Security Risk Management along with Certificates in Security Analysis and Sports Integrity. Tony is also an Associate Fellow of the Australian Security Industry Association Limited.

Tony has worked at the AFL for the past 11 years and prior to that spent 14 years as a Detective with Victoria Police working primarily in the Homicide Squad and various criminal investigation units.

Craig Millar

Insurance Australia Group (IAG)

Craig has spent more than 20 years working in senior executive corporate security and risk roles, based in Australia, with local and international responsibilities. Career highlights include senior security management positions with a large global manufacturing organisation, two of the largest global financial institutions and his current role as head of Group Protective Security at Insurance Australia Group (IAG).

Craig joined IAG – Australia and New Zealand’s largest insurance general insurer – in October 2017 to develop and lead the Group Protective Security team. In this role he is responsible for protecting IAG’s people, property and assets across the Group to deliver on IAG’s purpose to “make your world a safer place”. He specialises in delivering uplift programs that embed a positive and proactive security culture to maximise the level of security and staff safety.

Neil Redfern

Profit Protection Future Forum (PPFF)

Neil Redfern (Dip Security Risk Mgt & Fraud Risk Mgt) is a Retail Security and Loss Prevention executive, with 29 years of industry experience working for some of Australia’s largest and most iconic retailers.  Driven to protect businesses against financial loss associated with criminality and other forms of risk directly impacting stakeholders, assets and reputation. Neil has comprehensive retail knowledge of Total Loss strategies, Compliance Management frameworks, Risk Management, Crime Prevention and Resolution, Physical Security Systems, Merchandise Protection strategies, as well as the end-to-end management of retail profit risk / security professionals. 

Neil’s vision for Redfern Retail Risk is to become Australia’s leading, trusted and most capable consulting service specialising in developing effective retail risk management solutions for its clients. Neil is a professional, disciplined, and structured subject matter expert that is well networked, self-motivated and who prides himself on supporting and giving back to his industry of specialisation. Examples of this include not for profit activities, such as Chairman of the ANZ Profit Protection Future Forum, acting as an Industry and International Advisory Board Member for Griffith Criminology Institute (GCI), Griffith University Queensland.

Megan Spielvogel

Australian Information Security Association (AISA)

Megan has led an impressive career as a not-for-profit association professional and event manager in her 30 years in the sector. Serving as the General Manager at the Australian Information Security Association (AISA), for the last 6 years, Megan plays a major role in advocacy for the cyber security sector and operations of the association. Through her commitment to this role, he/she has helped AISA grow to over 12,500 nationally and the Australian Cyber Conference to grow to the largest cyber conference in the Southern Hemisphere.

Prior to her current role at AISA, Megan worked at RACV, and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, working in their events, communications, and membership teams with advocacy, member services, and marketing.