Dr Eric Perez Perez

Foresight and strategic thinking are key leader capabilities that are fundamental to developing informed, timely and futures oriented strategy. Fit for future leadership requires strategy level leaders with a deep understanding of the links between foresight and strategic thinking moving industries away from a reliance on the past and a genuine engagement with possible futures. I graduated with a Bachelor of Behavioural Science and Bachelor of Commerce from Griffith University with my professional career beginning as a graduate recruit in the Federal department of industry, tourism, and resources. I worked in policy and advocacy roles across government and industry and advanced to a CEO role with the QSIA. I extended my education by obtaining a Master of Business by Research at the University of the Sunshine Coast exploring strategy and strategic planning within Australian commercial fisher micro-businesses. I am an innovative and highly versatile policy and advocacy professional having worked across a range of sectors specifically fisheries and working across all levels of government in Australia. I am the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Australasian Institute of Marine Surveyors (AIMS) and formerly the CEO and Secretary of the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA), a Director of the Australian Council of Prawn Fisheries and a Director of the National Seafood Industry Alliance (the predecessor to Seafood Industry Australia). I successfully completed my research thesis, and I was awarded a Doctoral qualification from the University of Southern Queensland. The focus of my thesis was leader capability development across the Australian agriculture and fisheries sectors.