Claire S. Willette
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Claire S. Willette, founder and principal of Windrose International Pty Ltd, served as a senior management executive in the United States Department of Defense for 18 years. During a distinguished career in Washington DC, Claire served in senior roles within U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense Policy, supporting security cooperation and bilateral and multilateral defence programs through the Defense Technology Security Administration, the Joint Strike Fighter Program Office, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Intelligence Community. Much of this work centered on security cooperation, foreign military sales, strategic trade controls, and industry policy, with a focus on strategic governance, policy, planning, risk management, performance program management, and stakeholder engagement and facilitation. Claire arrived in Australia in 2013 as the Secretary of Defense’s Exchange Officer to the ADOD, during which time she advised Defence, Peak Bodies, the Private Sector, SMEs and the Academic/Research communities on strategic trade control challenges faced in the pursuit of diversification and growth into domestic and defence export arenas.
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