National Manager, Intelligence
Dr Grant Wardlaw
Grant Wardlaw was appointed to the position of National Manager, Intelligence in the Australian Federal Police (AFP) on 1 July 2003. Grant has held senior executive positions in crime intelligence, research and policy organisations, including being Executive Director of the Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence (ABCI), Director of the Commonwealth Government’s Office of Strategic Crime Assessments (OSCA) and Acting Director of the Australian Institute of Criminology.
Grant has published widely in the fields of terrorism, illicit drug policy and law enforcement intelligence and is the author of Political Terrorism: Theory, Tactics and Countermeasures (Cambridge University Press).
Grant has postgraduate qualifications in psychology, international relations and international law and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management.
The role of National Manager, Intelligence
The AFP is managed according to a functional structure, with the National Manager, Intelligence (NMIntel) having functional responsibility for the AFP’s criminal intelligence collection, analysis, and production activities. In addition, the position has responsibility for the AFP’s Undercover Operations and the AFP Operations Coordination Centre. NMIntel reports directly to Deputy Commissioner National Security.