Advisory Board
Meg Tapia
Senior Advisor - Australia
Meg Tapia is a results-oriented executive who brings a rare blend of a national security, government relations, commercial, and business expertise to solve the most dynamic national security and business challenges.
Meg draws on over 20 years of Commonwealth, State Government, and private sector experience, including 16 years as a diplomat with postings to Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. She was awarded the Australian Operational Service Medal and NATO Medal for her civilian service in Afghanistan. She currently serves on the Board of the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers and speaks widely at conferences on the national security threats facing corporate Australia.
Meg is a skilled influencer, respected for her client-centricity, open communication, and providing sound, evidence-based advice on programs and pursuits with heightened risk and complexity.
Shingo Yamagami
Senior Advisor - Japan
His Excellency Shingo Yamagami is the former Japanese Ambassador to Australia.
Prior to his being posted to Australia, Shingo served as Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2018-2020).
Shingo has previously served overseas in diplomatic postings to the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Hong Kong and the USA.
Within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shingo previously served as Director-General, Intelligence and Analysis Service (2017 – 2018), and Ambassador for Policy Planning and International Security Policy (Deputy Director-General, Foreign Policy Bureau) (2014 – 2015).
Outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shingo was Director-General (Acting) at the Japan Institute of International Affairs (2015 – 2017). He was also seconded to the National Police Agency as Director of the Police Administration, Ibaraki Prefectural Police (2007-2009). Shingo has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Tokyo (1984) and studied at the Graduate School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University (1985-87).