Ian Irving is a well-known and high-profile Australian Defence & National Security Industry senior executive who was appointed as CEO of American Australian Association Ltd in January 2024.

Ian has more than 35 years’ experience at senior executive levels within the Australian defence and aerospace industry, and is also the Managing Director of ALTILUS Pty Ltd.

In 2011 Ian established ALTILUS Pty Ltd, a top tier management and professional services agency serving the government and the defence sector, where he now holds responsibility as an External Board Member for the conduct of life-cycle Independent Assurance Reviews for Australia’s Department of Defence, on Australia’s major defence acquisition and sustainment programmes.

Ian is an Honours graduate in Electrical Engineering from Sydney University, and has held prior responsibility as the Chair of the peak Australian defence industry body, the Australian Industry Group (AiG) – Defence National Executive Council. Ian has also served as a South Australian Governor of the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia, a non-executive director of the Williams Foundation, and is a current board member of the Pecan Growers’ Co-Operative of Australia.