About

John Salter (Adelaide-based consultant) is an experienced, senior specialist in risk management, business continuity, and disaster resilience, with over two decades of national and international work across government and corporates.

Who he is

• Owner of John Salter Consulting Services, focused on risk management and business continuity strategies since 2004.[1]
• Also operates “John Salter – Disaster Resilience Consulting” out of Kensington Gardens, SA.
• Based in the Greater Adelaide area and works with a mix of public and private sector clients.

Experience and roles

• Principal Risk Adviser at City of Greater Bendigo for nearly six years, leading corporate risk approaches and frameworks.
• Director of EPCB Risk Management Consultants, managing a global risk management consulting service centred on due diligence, business continuity, and emergency planning.
• Deputy Director at the Australian Emergency Management Institute (Commonwealth), responsible for national best practice in disaster management and risk-based approaches.

Areas of expertise

• Development of Australia’s national best practice in “Emergency Risk Management”, later reflected in Australian Standards and national policy (including disaster relief financial arrangements).
• Business Impact Assessments and risk assessments, disaster and performance reviews, scenario-based exercises, and tailored workshops in business continuity and emergency planning.
• Designing risk management methodologies for capital works, major events, and corporate operations within integrated OH&S, environment, and sustainability management systems.

Education and teaching

• Long-term casual academic at the University of New England, developing and delivering distance-learning modules on vulnerability assessment, risk communication, capability development, and exercise management, including offshore delivery into Asia.
• Created university-standard learning products and web-based resources translating risk management for extreme events into flexible education offerings.

Typical clients and assignments

• Corporate clients ranging from large international banks and telecoms (e.g., Riyad Bank, Saudi Telecom) to privatised utilities and boutique businesses.
• National, state, regional, and local government entities, often for reviews of national programs, scenario exercises, and capacity-building workshops in business continuity and emergency planning.

Are you mainly interested in John as a potential collaborator for your own consulting work, or are you looking to brief a client or audience about his background?

Sources
[1] John Salter – Focused on Risk Management and Business Continuity https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-salter-8b60294