Brett Peppler

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Brett Peppler is the Managing Director of Intelligent Futures Pty Ltd, a Canberra-based consultancy specialising in scenario-based strategic planning. Brett has over 23 years experience in the strategic planning field, including appointments and professional development opportunities in the United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, New Zealand and Singapore. Brett has extensive experience as a manager, analyst, trainer, educator and futurist, including personal responsibility for coordinating corporate analytical programs, and the technical direction of analytical teams.

Brett has conducted a variety of futures studies projects, especially in the public sector at both the Commonwealth and State levels (including AFFA, APSC, Attorney-Generals, ATO, AUSTRAC, Customs, Defence, FACS, and Main Roads, NZ Treasury and Transport). Brett has worked extensively in academe, where he currently teaches as a visiting lecturer at three Australian universities. Also, he has contributed to the futures studies discipline to promote best practice through teaching, and conference papers.

Prior to establishing his own company, Brett was in the military intelligence field from 1978 until 1994. His final appointment with the Department of Defence was as the Deputy-Director of Military Intelligence (Army) where he directed military intelligence capability development. From 1994 until 1998, Brett produced future assessments for the development of strategic law enforcement policy within the Attorney-General's Department, where he specialised in financial crime. After 1998, Brett held an Associate Professorship at Charles Sturt University, where he led the Intelligence Education Program within the faculty of Arts.

Currently, Brett holds a Bachelor of Arts (International Relations), a Graduate Diploma in Management Studies, a Graduate Diploma in Information Management and Analysis, a Diploma in Intelligence Research and Analysis, and a Diploma in Personnel and Resource Management. He is a Rotarian, a member of the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers (AIPIO), and the Australian Public Sector Futures Forum.