Brassets Group was founded by Stephen in 2011, merging Investigations, Technology, and Safety businesses. Brassets Group now offers Safety, Technology, and Investigations services in eight countries.

Stephen draws upon his MSc education, international experience and relationships to offer the Asia Pacific region the latest technologies, innovative methodologies and strategies that maximize results for our clients.

Before founding Brassets Group in 2011, Deborah served in multiple healthcare practices specialising in paediatrics. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in clinical services as Brassets Groups’ clinical director.

Deborah utilises her expertise in the clinical field while ensuring all aspects of the Clinical division operate in an efficient and productive manner while innovating new approaches to Brassets’ clinical services.

With over 20 years of executive leadership experience across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, Les brings deep expertise in operational strategy, large-scale program delivery, and organisational leadership.

As Chief Operations Officer, Les is responsible for overseeing Brassets Group’s end-to-end operations, ensuring excellence in execution across projects, service delivery, and business performance. His strengths lie in translating strategic intent into scalable operational outcomes, building high-performing teams, and driving a culture of accountability, safety, and continuous improvement to deliver exceptional results for clients and partners.

Tristan brings more than 25 years of experience leading complex engineering and technology programs to his role as Chief Technology Officer. With a deep background in system design, fabrication and integrated security technologies, he defines and executes the Group’s technology and engineering strategy across the full solution lifecycle, translating complex operational and regulatory requirements into scalable, high-performance capabilities. Tristan provides technical governance across major programs, leads research and development and product architecture, and works closely with executive leadership to ensure technology strategy underpins growth, innovation and long-term market positioning. Through a strong focus on engineering discipline, quality and risk management, he ensures the delivery of resilient, future-ready solutions for defence, government and critical infrastructure customers.

Jacky leads Brassets Group’s international growth and customer-centric strategy, focusing on understanding customer needs and connecting them with tailored safety, security and technology solutions. As Director of Global Strategy & Business Development, she drives expansion across North America and Asia Pacific, building strategic partnerships that deliver long-term value. Jacky’s work prioritises customer outcomes, trusted relationships, and practical, scalable solutions

Morgan comes to this position with many years of experience in the accounting and bookkeeping sector from previous positions and internships, coupled with knowledge gained from his Bachelor of Commerce degree. 

Utilising his expertise in accounting and finance, Morgan provides financial forecasting and financial reporting to the executive management team, as well as advising on long-term financial and business strategy.

In James’ role as Manager, R&D Engineering, he leads the design, development and maturation of Brassets Group’s advanced security and sensing technologies. This role oversees multidisciplinary engineering teams to translate operational needs into deployable, scalable solutions, ensuring technical excellence, innovation, and alignment with defence, critical infrastructure, and allied customer requirements.

Chelsea first joined Brassets Group in 2015 as a drug and alcohol collector and progressed to Compliance Manager in 2019.

Her background in Criminology and experience in a government role allows paramount attention to detail, integral when it comes to Compliance for our clients in Quality, Safety, and Information Security as well as periodic reviews and maintaining the implementation of all processes and procedures of the business.

Emma Ho is a seasoned professional in the field of pathology, drug and alcohol testing, boasting an impressive career spanning over 15 years. As a Senior Collector/Trainer, she has honed her expertise in advanced techniques, making her the go to team member for difficult collections. Emma was employed as one of the initial Drug and Alcohol Collectors at Brassets Group upon its inception, now utilizing her experience as part of the administrative team.

Rick brings extensive senior leadership experience across multinational security and facilities businesses, supported by a background spanning Defence, Aviation and Education, as well as Police and Military service.

As Senior Advisor – Client Deployments, Rick works closely with clients and the Brassets Group executive team to support the successful planning, coordination and delivery of key deployments. Drawing on his deep operational experience, Rick provides senior-level guidance across client requirements, stakeholder engagement and service delivery to help ensure solutions are implemented effectively and aligned to operational needs.

His extensive industry knowledge and practical understanding of complex operating environments make him a trusted advisor across major client engagements and deployments.

Dr Williams joined the Brassets Group team in 2018 in the role of Chief Toxicologist.

Dr Williams holds a PhD in Toxicology in the development of testing methods for drugs of abuse. Following the completion of her PhD, she was research fellow with the Clinical Pharmacology Department at the University of Newcastle where her research focus was Medicinal Cannabis. Specialising in Drug and Alcohol testing, including the use of hair as a matrix for drug & alcohol testing, Dr Williams qualifications extend beyond her expertise in toxicology as she is also a qualified Lawyer. Her legal expertise offers a distinctive advantage enabling her to provide expert guidance from a legal standpoint. 

Dr Williams is a key contributor to program strategies, innovation and continuous improvement within Brassets Group. She also provides results interpretation services and in-depth analysis of results from oral fluid, urine, and hair drug tests, as well as expert advice relating to the use of medications in safety sensitive environments.

John is a dynamic, bi-lingual (English & French) executive with over 25 years of international leadership experience across EMEA, West Africa, New Zealand, the UK, and Canada. Raised in France and grounded by a strong military background, John brings discipline, strategic vision, and operational excellence to every role.

Throughout his career, he has held senior leadership positions in a wide range of industries, driving transformation and measurable results through expertise in General Management, Lean Manufacturing, and Six Sigma methodologies. Renowned for his high energy, creativity, and versatility, John has successfully led initiatives that have enhanced organizational performance, accelerated growth, and significantly improved profitability.

His global perspective and hands-on leadership style have made him a trusted partner in developing high-performing teams and scalable business programs tailored to dynamic and challenging markets.