ASHWINDRA NAIDU

A strategic, result oriented and customer-focused professional. Dynamic Aviation Customer Lead offering services through collaboration, supported by excellent interpersonal skills and strong stakeholder relationships. Significant track record of success in delivering services with over 20 years of experience in operational and leadership roles, supported by a diverse range of skills in customer engagement, project management, policy development and quality management. Proven ability of building trust, collaborating with stakeholders and innovating through continuous improvement. A committed individual with a continually developing awareness of self, who achieve results even in challenging environment through a proactive attitude. A team player who supports and empower individuals to excel and deliver their best.

• Established a strategic partnership agreements with Airservices Australia, Australia's Air Navigation Service Provider.
• Established approximately 25 aviation contractual service agreements (annual economic value of approximately $30M) to provide aviation services at aerodromes used primarily for specific purposes, such as mining sites and oil rigs.
• Lead and implemented Bureau's major aviation projects, such as Graphical Area Forecast, Global Aviation Space Weather Advisory service, National TAF Review.
• Elected Chairperon of ICAO Asia/Pacific Meteorological Requirements Working Group.
• Selected as an Advisor to the ICAO Meteorology Panel Requirements Working Group.

• Chairperson and member of International Civil Aviation Organisation Asia/Pacific Meteorological Requirements Working Group (ICAO APAC MET/R WG).
• Advisor to the ICAO Meteorology Panel (MET-P) as a member of Meteorological Requirements and Integration Working Group (WG-MRI).
• Expert member of ICAO APAC Air Traffic Flow Management Steering Group (ICAO APAC ATFM SG).
• Co-Chair of Bureau/Airservices Australia Working Group (BoM-AsA WG).
• Bureau member at CASA Aviation State Engagement Forum
• Bureau member at Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA)

• Established a strategic partnership agreement with Airservices Australia, Australia's Air Navigation Service Provider. The Bureau–Airservices Aviation Cooperation Service Agreement dictates cooperation between agencies to provide an optimum suite of aviation services for safe and effective operations across Australia's air transport network.
• Established Bureau-Airservices Meteorological Services Agreement which sets out the binding, financial arrangements relating to collection of the Meteorological Services Charge between the Bureau and Airservices.
• Accomplished a business opportunity for the Bureau: to partner with Qantas in delivering meteorological requirements for Qantas Project Sunrise for their planned ultra long-haul flight, which is expected to commence in 2027. to become one of the Hazard Weather Information Service providers in the region (and possibly the globe) - to provide global, consistent, and phenomenon-based hazardous en-route weather information to the aviation industry with high temporal and spatial frequency hazard information in a digital format, globally to support safe, efficient, and economic activities of the aviation sector.
• Established approximately 25 aviation contractual service agreements (annual economic value of approximately $30M) to provide aviation services at aerodromes used primarily for specific purposes, such as mining sites and oil rigs.
• Lead and implemented Bureau's major aviation projects: Graphical Area Forecast project which saw the first ever set of aviation products produced from the Bureau in a format, known as Extensible Mark-up Language (XML), to allow future model of exchanging aviation meteorological data, domestically and internationally. Global Aviation Space Weather Advisory Services – partnered with vital member of the ACFJ (Australia, Canada, France and Japan) Consortium, was strategically positioned to provide services in accordance with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) requirements.

• 2019 – Business Solutions Group All Hands Recognition for "Excellent Customer Service".
• 2019 - "Operational Excellence and Outstanding Engagement – in implementing the Global Space Weather Advisory Service for aviation.
• 2018 - Employee of the Year – Aviation Meteorological Services
• 2018 - Nominee for Bureau of Meteorology Excellence Award for managing Graphical Area Forecast (GAF) project.
• 1995-1996. - USP/British scholarship at the University of the South Pacific.

• Jeffrey Benecke, Service & Asset Performance Advisor (Aerodrome Services), Airservices Australia, +61 7 3866 3736, +61 421 340 879, jeffrey.benecke@airservicesaustralia.com
• Tim Hailes, National Manager Aviation Service Development, Bureau of Meteorology, +61 3 9669 4273, +61 427 840 175, tim.hailes@bom.gov.au