Air Commodore Simon J. Harvey, Bec, LLB, DipAdminStud, GradDipStratStud, MdefStuds, Jssc, -GLIST

Director General ADF Legal Service and Senior Royal Australian Air Force Legal Officer.

The Director General is the head of ADF Legal Service and is responsible for the provision of legal advice and other legal services to the ADF, the Department of Defence and the Minister on matters of law. DGADFLS manages resources for ADF Legal Service throughout Australia and overseas

Biography
Air Commodore Simon Harvey joined the RAAF in Nov 1983 as a direct entry legal officer. Prior to joining the RAAF, he worked in the Office of the Special Prosecutor, the precursor organisation to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. After his completion of RAAF officer training in early 1984, AIRCDRE Harvey was posted to a staff legal position within the Directorate of Air Force Legal Services, located in Canberra. In 1985, he became the inaugural Base Legal Officer for RAAF Williams, located in Melbourne. His next posting was the Deputy Staff Officer Legal, RAAF Support Command.

Throughout the 1990's, AIRCDRE Harvey held a variety of staff legal positions within the Directorate of Air Force Legal Services, most notably in the areas of civil and administrative law. In mid 1991, he commenced a two-year exchange with the USAF Judge Advocate General Corps. Employed in the Pentagon, AIRCDRE Harvey worked in the area of international and operations law.

After the Pentagon posting, AIRCDRE Harvey spent two years as a senior staff officer in the Directorate of Discipline Law within the tri-Service Defence Legal Office. His service staff training includes Joint Services Staff College, completed in 1997. In 2000, AIRCDRE Harvey was posted to the Directing Staff of the RAAF Staff College and later in December 2000 promoted to Group Captain and posted to the position of Director of Management - Air Force within Air Force Headquarters. In 2001, he was posted to Director of Operations and International Law within The Defence Legal Service.

On 25 Aug 2003, he was promoted to Air Commodore and appointed the Director-General ADF Legal Service

Qualifications
Bachelor of Economics
Bachelor of Laws
Leo Cussen Institute of Professional Practice Course
Victoria Police Prosecutors Course
Barrister and Solicitor (Supreme Court of Victoria)
Graduate Diploma of Strategic Studies
Diploma of Administrative Studies
Master of Defence Studies