Jeremy Hallett

Jeremy is an experienced business leader and investor within the space and defence industry in Australia and internationally. Jeremy is currently Executive Chair at the Space Industry Association of Australia (SIAA), the peak industry body for the Australian space industry. At SIAA, he is also Chair of the IAC 2025 Local Organising Committee and Chair of the Performance and Remuneration Committee.

Jeremy also sits on the Advisory Board at DroneShield, an ASX-listed company leading the world in technology for the detection and defeat of autonomous systems, and is a Partner at Brindabella & Company, a merchant bank mobilising private capital for the advancement of Australia’s sovereign capability, and an investor and mentor at Moonshot Space – Australia’s first (and only) space-focused startup accelerator. Jeremy also provides expert advice to other Australian organisations covering government, academia and industry related to national security, strategy, technology and investment.

Previously, Jeremy was CEO & Managing Director at Clearbox Systems, one of Australia’s longest standing and most successful Defence and Space businesses. In space, Clearbox Systems has a particular emphasis on satellite communications and space domain awareness. Clearbox’s solutions have been deployed extensively in Australia and internationally and are renowned for their technology, dependability of delivery, and responsiveness to emerging requirements.

While leading Clearbox Systems, Jeremy helped found Quasar Satellite Technologies, a CSIRO spin-out company, alongside venture capital and industry founders. Quasar is enabling a new future for space communications by commercialising world-beating phased array technology from CSIRO.

Jeremy is passionate about Australia’s space industry and believes in the ability of Australia’s space industry to provide world-leading technology and services. He is an enthusiastic advocate for Australia’s space industry and has deep technical, commercial and operational knowledge in key sectors where Australian space industry has a competitive advantage.