Our Team
Cameron Watts
Managing Director
Cameron Watts is a former national security official with more than two decades of experience in complex geo-political and geo-strategic matters affecting Australia and the Indo-Pacific region.
After a successful career within government, he began Hemisphere East to provide clients with a bespoke and curated government relations, strategic advisory and market entry capability. With deep connections across the political spectrum at the federal and state government level, he provides clients with substantive relationship management with senior decision makers and possesses a deep understanding of the subtleties and nuance that accompanies government decision making.
Cameron has led multi-disciplinary teams in several domains in the national security environment, and represented the Australian Government as a subject matter expert in national security to supra-national forums such as the G20, ASEAN, OECD, and the UN.
Paul Maley
Director
Paul Maley is a multi-award winning journalist, consultant and senior national security policy advisor.
From 2010-2020 Paul was The Australian newspapers National Security & Defence Editor, during which time he won numerous awards including a Walkley Award, the Lowy International Media Award and the Australian Press Council’s Press Freedom Medal.
Paul worked as a senior advisor to the Defence Minister and the Home Affairs Minister, where he was the office’s senior cyber security advisor. Paul has relationships at the highest levels of Australian media, government & industry.