Brigadier David Ward is a Specialist Emergency Physician and senior Australian Army Reserve medical officer with extensive operational experience across military and civilian emergency medicine. A graduate of the University of Queensland, he is a Fellow of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, and holds a Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He has deployed on multiple international operations including East Timor, Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf, and humanitarian missions in Pakistan and Sumatra. He currently practices clinically at Brisbane Northside Private Emergency Centre and is an Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology.

Founder and Managing Director of SOTER International, a Queensland-based specialist provider of tactical, remote, and expeditionary medical capability. A former Special Forces member with 15 years’ service and now registered paramedic, Tim brings more than 25 years’ experience delivering medical and emergency response across hostile, austere, remote, maritime, and complex industry environments. He is responsible for introducing the only internationally accredited tactical trauma care program to Australia, offering global best practices and improving preparedness and interoperability for all Australian emergency services, law enforcement, military and high-risk industry.