Terry Nichols, director Business Development ... - Boeing Australia

BiographyBoeing Defence AustraliaP.O. Box 767Brisbane, QLD 4107www.boeing.com.auTERRY NICHOLSDirector Strategy and Business DevelopmentBoeing Defence AustraliaTerry Nichols was appointed Boeing Defence Australia’s director of BusinessDevelopment in March 2011. He is responsible for leading the Business Developmentfunction, which develops and executes strategies to create, shape and capture newbusiness for Boeing Defence Australia. Prior to this position, Nichols was the seniormanager of Strategy & Business Development for the Integrated Logistics, Defence andGovernment Services, and Tactical Derivate Aircraft divisions of Boeing Defence Australia.During this time, Nichols has lead a restructure of the Boeing Defence Australia’sBusiness Development organisation, revitalised the national corporate strategy andfocused new business growth.In this time, Boeing Defence Australia has successfully secured several majoraircraft and C4ISR sustainment contracts and is actively perusing a growth strategy.Previously, he was involved in expanding the scope of its Army Aviation Training andTraining Support contract, and establishing a strategic partnership with Thales for theLand 121 Phase 4 campaign for the Australian Army’s future acquisition of lightprotected mobility vehicles.Other positions Nichols has held within Boeing Defence Australia since joiningthe company in March 2006 have included program manager for Engineering andTechnical Services, Business Development Manager for Sustainment Operations and

Training, and Proposal/Training Operations Manager for major tenders related toDefence Communications and Land Systems.Before Boeing, Nichols held several roles within the Australian Defence Force(ADF), serving in a variety of operational artillery units and senior army headquartersorganisations. While he was executive manager of Defence Capability Development forthe Australian Army’s Training Command, he received a commendation for exemplaryperformance for the introduction of new capabilities into the ADF and was arepresentative on several senior major acquisition and capability committees.Nichols holds a Graduate Diploma of Resource Management and Diploma ofTraining Development from the Australian Army, a Diploma in Applied Linguistics –French from the Australian Defence Force School of Languages, and an AssociateDiploma of Personnel Administration from the Royal Military College, Duntroon. He iscurrently completing a Masters of Management with Southern Cross University.# # #Contact:James BakerBoeing Defence Australia Communications+61-7-3306-3144james.m.baker9@boeing.comOctober 2012