Director and Chair of the Risk Committee

Clinton Thomas is a Commodore in the Royal Australian Navy. He is currently the Director General Supply Chain in Joint Logistics Command and is based in Victoria Barracks in Melbourne. In the recent past he has served as the Head of the SeaChange Implementation Team in Navy, the Director General Strategic Logistics, also within the Joint Logistics Command. He has been a Director of ADCU for nine years and is also Chairman of the Risk Committee.

Clinton’s Naval career has been oriented generally to the Supply and Logistics field and has included a number of key appointments in this area, including: OIC Logistic Services in Cairns, Supply Officer HMAS Darwin (including three Gulf deployments), Supply Officer HMAS Adelaide, Deputy Fleet Supply Officer, Head of the Supply and Health Faculty HMAS CERBERUS, and the FFG Capability Element Manager and the Commanding Officer HMAS CERBERUS.

During this period he has been actively involved in both Officers and Sailors personnel and welfare issues and has brought to the Board of Directors an appreciation of these issues as well as a strong understanding of financial/resource management considerations. He is dedicated to continuing to shape the range and quality of financial services available to all ADCU members. He is a Graduate of the RAN Staff College and has a Masters of Management in Operations and Logistics from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management.  He has previously been the Chairman of the RAN Relief Trust Fund for over 4 years, and remains the President of the RAN Australian Football Association.

He is also a member of the Australasian Mutuals Institute and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Member of the Risk Management Institute of Australiasia. He is married to Helen, has two children and lives in Canberra. He enjoys all sports, sadly more as a spectator these days.