Peter Davies has been Director of the Northern Territory Emergency Service since July 2006.
After leaving school at Scotch College in Perth in 1976, he joined the Australian Defence Force graduating from the Royal Military College Duntroon as an Infantry Officer. During his thirty year military career, he pursued two career streams in operations and project management. His operational career involved three postings with 6 RAR and appointments included Chief of Staff of Headquarters 1 Brigade and Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander Headquarters Northern Command.
Mr Davies deployed overseas twice as the Chief of Staff of the Australian Joint Taskforce Headquarters in Iraq during Operation CATALYST in 2005 and as a Liaison Officer for the Australian deployment to Rwanda during Operation UNAMIR II in 1994. As a project manager, Mr Davies specialised in equipment acquisition and organisational transformation.
Highlights included managing Project Bluefin which re-equipped the Australian Defence Force's Special Forces for the Sydney Olympics and planning the establishment of Electronic Systems Division of the Defence Materiel Organisation, an 800 strong organisation geographically dispersed throughout Australia. Mr Davies is a graduate of the Royal Military College Shrivenham (UK), Command and Staff College Queenscliff and the Joint Services Staff College.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons), a Master of Defence Studies and a Master of Business Administration. He was awarded a Commendation for Distinguished Conduct for his contribution as the Chief of Staff of Australia's Joint Taskforce Headquarters in Iraq.