About us
OSG is a Sovereign, Australian, majority Veteran owned and led, Integrated Security and Facilities Services Company.
Our Mission, Vision, and Values
Our Mission, Vision, and Values underpin everything we do.
Mission
To Provide Australia with a modern, highly capable, integrated services and security organisation that can meet the full range of challenges and threats, current and emergent. We will contribute to the Australian national interest.
Vision
A Safer Australia
Values
Integrity and Humility
Truthful, trusted to do what is right; humility in service, word and deed. Determined to do what is right and make a difference.
inclusion and team
Truthful, trusted to do what is right; humility in service, word and deed. Determined to do what is right and make a difference.
Relentless Pursuit of Excellence
Always push a little further to achieve a superior outcome that exceeds expectations.
agility and adaptability
Agility in planning and action; adaptability for a fast, ever changing environment.
service and sense of purpose
Service and a sense of purpose that benefits all.
Our Pillars
These are the things that drive our business and set us apart
Sovereignty
The word ‘Sovereign’ means acting independently, without outside interference. In the context of Australian industry, it means a company that is Australian-owned and has no interference from countries outside of Australia.
Control is a key element of sovereignty. Through increased control, sovereignty can help Australia to build in-country capacity, improve self-reliance, and strengthen resilience during the most challenging of times. It means, as a country, we are less reliant on foreign countries and supply chains. It also means important assets and intellectual property is kept for Australian eyes only, which is important from a national security perspective.
Economic retention
OSG is committed to retaining earnings in Australia, supporting Australian businesses first in Procurement, and paying our share of Tax.
Enhanced Capability
OSG is committed to continual innovation to drive enhanced capability. We will continue to recruit and develop the best talent; we will innovate and be early adopters of new technology; and we are focused on delivering outcomes for our clients.
Veterans
OSG has a strong connection with Veterans. We are committed to supporting serving Defence members and Veterans throughout their Defence career, transition, and well beyond.
Indigenous
Did you know that just under 20% of the OSG workforce is Indigenous? We’re commited to Indigenous Australians by supporting economic participation through Employment and development opportunities, encouraging Indigenous Enterprise, deepening connections with local communities where we live and work, and supporting the reconciliation journey.
Diversity
Being Sovereign doesn’t mean that OSG isn’t progressive or multicultural. In fact, OSG employs staff from over 101 different ethnic backgrounds, which makes us an incredibly diverse organisation. We are inclusive, and believe that diversity only makes us stronger. We proactively support people with disabilities. Some key stats are below:
101 Cultures
The number of Ethnic backgrounds represented in our team.
52% Female
The percentage of our team that are female. We are also committed to Growing this representation across all levels of the organisation.
36.5% Veteran
The percentage of the Management team that have served in the Defence of Australia.
19.5% Indigenous
The % of our team that is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
The Board
Tim McOwan AO
Chair
AO, DSC, CSM. MA, MBA, Grad Dip Mngt
Tim McOwan is a former Commanding Officer of the Special Air Service Regiment, the Special Operations Commander Australia, the Head of Defence Staff in Washington DC and has worked in the intelligence and national security community for many years. He has over 45 years’ experience in leadership, planning and the command of operations combined with extensive leadership and management at the highest levels. His deep experience in planning unconventional military operations and intelligence operations in both the Australian Defence Force and the intelligence community has built judgement and skill in determining alternate, pragmatic solutions and a proven capacity for deep analytical thought. He is a recognized and effective leader with demonstrated highly effective leadership in both combat and at the strategic level.
Mick Donaldson
Managing Director and Group CEO
BSc, Dip OHS, Adv Dip Pers Man, Dip Lead & Man
A Former Special Forces Patrol Commander (SAS Regiment). Successful business owner and MD. Highly experienced security professional and project manager. Extensive leadership and management experience within Australia and internationally.
Mick has a distinguished military background having served multiple decades in the Australian Regular Army and Army Reserve as well as service in the British Army. During his career Mick passed both the British SAS and Australian SAS selection courses. Mick saw operational service in a number of theatres during his time with the SAS to include the Sydney Olympic Games, East Timor, Solomon Islands, Iraq and Afghanistan. He has been awarded commendations for leadership in combat and gallantry. The majority of his career was spent in command and leadership roles to include SAS Patrol Commander and Team Leader. Mick continues to serve in Special Operations Command in a reserve capacity. Mick holds a Bachelor of Science, post graduate studies in counter-terrorism and is currently undertaking an MBA.
For the past decade Mick has achieved considerable success in the corporate and commercial arena to include Regional Security Director, Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, for a large US telecommunications company with responsibility for 68 countries including Iraq and Afghanistan. He has also advised CNN, Fox News, Al Jazeera and the ABC on security, life safety and risk management in hostile and post conflict environments. During 2005 Mick assisted in the successful conduct of both the Iraqi and Afghan general elections and spent time with the United Nations as the Regional Security Officer, Central Region, Afghanistan. Mick successfully led kidnap and ransom negotiations in Iraq resulting in the safe release of the hostage. He was also responsible for establishing several highly successful bespoke overseas start-up projects in challenging and resource constrained environments. Mick personally led several country evacuations in the Middle East during the early stages of the 2011 ‘Arab Spring’ regional upheavals.
John Barton
Director
MBA, B.Ecom, BA (Psych)
Experienced company director with 30 years of experience in financial services and wealth management sector, including 20 as director and Responsible Manager of multiple AFSL entities and roles across a broad cross-section of industries from not-for-profits, industry associations, robotics, drones, and cyber security.
Robert Tyson
Director
BA (Hons)
Bob Tyson is a former career officer in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Until 2015 he served as Ambassador to Kuwait, and prior to that as Ambassador to Iraq (2008-11), the Russian Federation (2005-08) and Saudi Arabia (2001-05). He was also Minister (Congressional Liaison) in the Australian Embassy, Washington, 1993-97, Consul-General in Honolulu 1989-93 and Deputy Head of Mission in Moscow 1984-87.
Bob has held senior positions in Canberra with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, including as head of the Nuclear Policy Branch, and in the North America and Defence Branch of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Between 1980 and 1983 he headed the Overseas Division of the Victorian Department of the Premier and Cabinet, and was Principal Adviser to the Premier on Inter-governmental Relations.
Since 2015 he has been a consultant and commentator on international developments, presenting to various organizations and conferences on Brexit, US elections, Russian history and politics, the Middle East, Australian foreign policy and, most recently, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He has assisted with training courses for the Australian Department of Defence and the governments of Thailand and Cambodia.
This background has provided Bob with a comprehensive understanding of foreign and defence policy in both Australia and the international environment. He has highly developed analytical skills and extensive leadership and management experience in a wide variety of very different situations.
Ian Gillespie AM
Director
MBA, B.Ecom, BA (Psych)
Former CEO of RACQ, Chairman at Global Mobility Alliance, Director at Neurosensory, Director at RACQ Foundation, Director at Racing together Motorsport, Trustee at iRAP.
Brett Sangster
Director and General Counsel
B. Law
A former partner with McCullough Robertson (Defence and National Security Practice), former EGM of Downer's Defence Services and former Army Intelligence and Legal Officer and Commando. Brett has successfully established and built several Defence and National Security business units from scratch and also brings significant Corporate M&A experience to OSG.The Advisory Board
Michelle Price
BA (Law/Econ/Mkt), B.Design
Prior to joining EY Oceania as a Partner in 2022, Michelle was CEO of AustCyber, the first Senior Adviser for Cyber Security at the National Security College within The Australian National University and developed the blueprint for the ANU Cyber Institute. Whilst working at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, she was instrumental to the delivery of the Government’s 2015 Cyber Security Review and Australia’s first Cyber Security Strategy, released in 2016. Michelle is a Director on the board of the Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre (A3C) and co-Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Futures Council on Cybersecurity.Dr Marty Graves
M.Med, B.Med
Advises OSG on health, wellness, COVID-19 and remote medicine. Dr Marty is accomplished in trauma and remote medicine as well as being a qualified anaesthetist specialising in difficult/compromised airway management. He has deployed to East Timor and Afghanistan (four tours of Afghanistan as the Medical Officer for the Special Operations Task Group and as an anaesthetist at the Multinational Role 3 Military Hospital in Kandahar). In 2007 he received a Commendation for Distinguished Service for his actions during a mass-casualty event resulting from a suicide IED.James Baker
An industry leader in all levels of communication and influencing decision-makers when the stakes are high. With unparalleled experience across the media, government, military and corporate environments, James Baker is the one to call when impact matters. He brings a unique combination of art and science to communicating complex information to stakeholders, so they understand and take action. With a network that spreads wide and deep across many of the nation’s most important institutions, he brings passion, initiative and hard work to everything he does.Aaron Breban
Fonder and CEO of Opes Cyber, a cyber security consultancy specialising in the provision of innovative and class leading cyber security capabilities along with research and development to the Australian market. Aaron is a former Electronic Warfare Manager and Security and Intelligence Analyst and is fiercely passionate about the development and delivery of Australian based security solutions.Christopher Langman
Christopher Langman is a former senior officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). From 2018 to the end of 2021, he was the DFAT Deputy Secretary responsible for trade and international economic issues, and for Australia’s relations with Europe and Latin America. As a member of DFAT’s Senior Executive, he helped manage the Department during the exceptionally difficult period of the pandemic and growing international tensions. Christopher’s other senior roles in Canberra included as head of DFAT’s Economic Division and the Office of Trade Negotiations, and as Australia’s APEC Ambassador, Senior Agricultural Trade Negotiator, and Ambassador for the Environment. He also headed the policy team in the Prime Minister’s Department which delivered Australia’s successful year hosting the Group of 20 in 2014. Christopher’s most recent overseas posting was as Australia’s Ambassador to Iraq from 2015 to 2018. This was a particularly challenging period given Islamic State fighters had occupied large parts of the country. Iraq was by far Australia’s largest military deployment at the time and we supported the Iraqi Government to push the terrorists back. This assignment required Christopher to work closely with Australia’s defence forces and national security agencies. His other overseas assignments included: Ambassador to the OECD in Paris, Deputy Head of Australia’s Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, and postings in Washington, Mexico and Buenos Aires. Christopher is currently Chair of the Australian Committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (AusPECC). PECC members include all the major economies in the Asia-Pacific region. It works to support economic collaboration and openness. Christopher remains engaged in exchanges with senior representatives from a wide range of countries. With nearly 40 years of experience working for the Australian Government, Christopher has extensive knowledge of international economic, foreign and defence policy issues, a deep understanding of government processes and a wide network of senior contacts in Australia and overseas. He has a strong record of leadership in working with ministers to deliver outcomes.Get in touch
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