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Defence Human Sciences Symposium

AIRMSHL John Harvey, Chief Capability Development Group, will be the Keynote Speaker at the Symposium.

AIRMSHL John Harvey, AM

AIRMSHL John Harvey, AM
CHIEF CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP

Air Marshal John Harvey joined the RAAF in 1977 after completing a degree in Architecture at the University of New South Wales. He conducted navigator training at East Sale before being posted to Canberra aircraft at RAAF Amberley. After a four year tour on Canberra Aircraft he spent one year as the escort officer to the Minister for Defence and then completed specialist weapons training and conversion training on the F-111.

After a three year flying tour on F-111s he completed the RAF Aero systems course and returned to Australia for a three year posting in Technical Intelligence at the Joint Intelligence Organisation. He was then posted to the United States as Flight Test Director of the F-111 Avionics Update Project, initially working with the USAF on the F-111 AMP.

On return from the United States he was posted to the Department of Defence as Air Warfare Advisor in force Development and Analysis division. He subsequently completed a one year exchange posting with the Ministry of Defence New Zealand before being appointed as a Visiting Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University. After the fellowship position he was posted as Director of the RAAF Air Power Studies Centre and then posted as Defence Attaché Southern Europe, based in Rome and accredited to Italy, Israel, Greece and Turkey.

On return from Italy he was Deputy Director at the Australian Defence College and then Director of Military Strategy at Australian Defence Headquarters before being promoted and posted as Director General Aerospace Development. On 2nd September 2002 he was posted as Director General New Air Combat Capability.

Air Marshal Harvey was promoted on the 30 November 2006 to become the Program Manager of the New Air Combat Capability within the Defence Materiel Organisation.

In 2008, Air Marshal Harvey was made a Member in the Military Division of the Order of Australia for his service as Program Manager and has been identified for promotion and appointment to Chief Capability Development Group with effect October 2010.

Air Marshal Harvey is married to Sue and has two daughters, Jo and Mary. He has degrees in Architecture, Psychology and Information Science. His hobbies include Tae Kwon Do, swimming and backpacking.