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The Australian Defence Alliance-Victoria has announced the resignation of its CEO, Claire Willette, effective at the end of the month.
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Willette has accepted an undisclosed full-time role, with interim CEO Sean Farrell working to ensure a “smooth transition” to a new, yet to be appointed, full-time CEO.
“On behalf of the entire ADA Vic board, I would like to thank Claire for her stellar work running the organisation since January 2018,” ADA Vic chairman Damien Tyrrell said.
“While we are sad to see her go, Claire leaves with our full blessing to take up another exciting opportunity.
“Claire’s tenure has been marked by numerous achievements for our members and SMEs nationally, the most important of which is modernising the organisation to make it more professional and responsive to members’ needs, and ensuring their interests are represented into government and primes.”
Willette will be staying on as an adviser to the board of ADA Vic, with Tyrell pointing out some of her achievements in her time as CEO.
“ADA Vic now provides industry-leading member support, advocacy and engagement, and is one of the pre-eminent voices in defence industry.
“Members have more opportunities than ever to expand their networks and be part of substantive policy discussions both in Australia and abroad,” Tyrell said.
“Furthermore, Claire was instrumental in the establishment of the national Australian Defence Alliance (ADA) partnership with the Defence Teaming Centre and the Henderson Alliance.
“The ADA is reshaping the national environment around SME engagement and helping to further build on the work of its constituent organisations. It has achieved an unprecedented level of cohesion in the representation of Australian defence industry SMEs into stakeholders, and supports in excess of 1,100 SMEs across the nation.”
