NT Annual Dinner with Dr Alan Dupont AO

We are delighted to invite you to join us for the NT Annual Dinner with keynote guest speaker, Dr Alan Dupont AO. 

Dr. Alan Dupont AO is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Cognoscenti Group, a political and strategic risk consultancy. He is also Defence and National Security Advocate for the Northern Territory Government. One of Australia’s best-known strategists, he has an international reputation for his expertise on geopolitical risk, defence and national security having worked extensively at the interface of security, politics, business and technology.

Alan has held many board and advisory positions in government and the corporate sector including with the Northern Territory Government, Asia Society, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Outcomes Australia and CQS - a prominent European Hedge Fund. He has advised several Australian ministers of defence and foreign affairs and in 2013/14 he established and led the Abbott Government’s Defence White Paper team. Alan has received commendations for his work from the Foreign Minister of Japan and the President of Timor-Leste and was named by the Australian Financial Review as one of Australia’s leading strategists. In 2019, he was made an Officer in the Order of Australia for “distinguished service to the international community through security analysis and strategic policy development.”

The dinner will be an exceptional opportunity to network and reconnect with business leaders of the NT. Book early to avoid missing out on this highly anticipated event in the business calendar.