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AGM documentation
Air Vice-Marshal Di Turton, AM
Head of Intelligence Capability (HIC)
The Human Edge: Decision Advantage in an Age of Strategic Competition
AVM Turton will examine how military leaders can create decision advantage in an era of strategic competition by transforming information into understanding. Drawing lessons from Iraq, Israel and Ukraine, she will argue that success in deterrence and conflict will depend less on access to information and more on judgement, adaptation, and the ability to make sense of complexity faster than an adversary.
Air Vice-Marshal (AVM) Dianne Turton joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1989 and graduated from the Australian Defence Force Academy as a Distinguished Graduate in 1991.
Her appointments in the early years of her career included postings in Intelligence, Operations and Planning roles with maritime, transport and training aircraft at RAAF Bases across Australia at the tactical and Operational Levels. Following this, she was appointed to a number of leadership positions as the Deputy Director International Engagement- Air Force, Executive Officer of the Defence Force School of Intelligence and the Director of Military ISR at Defence Signals Directorate.
In 2015, she posted to Headquarters Joint Operations Command as the Director Effects, Targeting and Network Analysis leading Australia’s Targeting contribution to Operation Inherent Resolve.
In 2020, she was promoted to Air Commodore and was appointed the Director General Intelligence Capability Integration leading the ADF’s Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Capability Program.
On promotion to Air Vice-Marshal in December 2023, AVM Turton was appointed the Australian Military Representative to NATO and EU. She was the first female Air Force Intelligence officer to achieve star rank and the first Air Force Intelligence officer to be promoted to Air Vice-Marshal.
Returning to Australia in 2026, AVM Turton has been appointed as Head of Intelligence Capability within the Defence Intelligence Group.
Air Vice-Marshal Turton holds a Bachelors Degree in Political Science and a Masters Degree in Asian Studies from the University of New South Wales and is a graduate of the Stanford University AI and Big Data Programs. She is also a graduate of the Australian Federal Police College of Management. She is an Indonesian and Bahasa Malaysia linguist and has deployed to Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan.
She was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2021 Queens' Birthday Awards for exceptional service to the ADF in the field of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance.
Air Vice-Marshal Turton and her spouse have two adult children and two dogs. When not in uniform, she enjoys spending her time on the family property just outside Canberra, working with her alpacas and sheep.
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