Senior Team

Dr. John Fahey, PhD, BA (Hons), QAO, Assoc Dip App, Sc (Ambulance); Cert. IV Assessment and Workplace Training, Cert. IV OH&S
Managing Director

One of Australia's foremost experts in industrial safety, organisation and management, John works closely with businesses to develop practical solutions to OH&S and emergency response processes. His approach is informed by front line experience and higher level policy perspectives from his time with the ambulance service, the military and in government.

John is a driving force behind the simplification of OH&S and first aid training regimes in Australia. A strong advocate for the reduction of the multiple regulatory regimes afflicting business, he helped found Emergency Care Providers - Australia, towards the goal of one Australian marketplace. It is the first Australian peak body covering first aid and emergency care training and service companies, and John serves as Foundation National President.

Cynergex Group was originally established by John Fahey in 1995 under the name Incident Training Services.

Frances Fahey, B. Ed (Adult), RN, Diploma in OHS, Diploma in Assessment and Workplace Training, Completing final year in Masters of OHS
Director and Manager - Operations

Frances Fahey is one of the country's leading innovators in adult education, an OH&S technical expert and creator of several new courses in OH&S. She develops the training and educational strategies for Cynergex Group's clients, drawing upon a background in nursing, community care, OH&S and vocational training. and has extensive experience in dealing with government at all levels on vocational training.

Frances has worked as an educator at University of Technology, Sydney and at Baptist Community Services where she ran significant labour market programmes and was a major contributor to the development of the first Nursing Assistant and Children's Services Traineeships in NSW. As a result of her work, and is now completing her Masters in OH&S at the University of Technology Sydney.

Ian Vaughan, QAO, Dip. Pre-Hospital Care (Ambulance), Cert IV Workplace Assessment and Training, Cert IV, OH&S.
Manager - Training & Services

As the manager of Cynergex Group's first aid and emergency care training, Ian Vaughan is the company's senior training expert. He joined Cynergex after 27 years in the NSW Ambulance Service where he served as a front line Ambulance Officer and instructor assessor.

Ian now runs the professional development arm of Cynergex Group and is responsible for ensuring that new instructors are fully conversant with Cynergex Group's philosophy and methodologies. As well as providing training in first aid and emergency medical response, Ian also provides training courses across a range of OH&S subjects.

Graeme Peterson
Health and Safety Consultant

Associate Diploma Applied Science (Occupational Health & Safety); Certificate IV Workplace Training and Assessment; Diploma of Applied Science (Environmental Management); Industrial Fire Officer(Port of Melbourne Port Emergency Services); Maritime Safety Leadership (Australian Maritime Safety Consultants - Seacare Provider); Industrial Gases Safety and Gas Plant Management (Esso Australia).

Master Mariner Graeme Peterson has developed patented rescue devices, been recognised with three major industry awards and has trained more than 3,000 people in safety related programmes. These range from industrial and medical gas safety to government accredited maritime OH&S, a course he co-authored.

Twenty five years working with large organisations in the defence, ship building, industrial gases, offshore petroleum and maritime industries mean Graeme delivers to Cynergex Groups' clients a level of expertise that is hard to match.

Winner of the Victorian WorkCover "Excellence in Safety" Award 1997, a WorkCover Award in 1998 and the inaugural, federal government Seacare Award for "Best Solution to a Major OH&S Risk" in 2003, Graeme's solutions address major OH&S risks.

Anne Reading
Victorian State Manager

Ms. Anne Reading J.P. QAO is Cynergex Group’s Victorian State Manager and operates from our Melbourne office at Level 1, 18-20 Sarton Road, Clayton. Cynergex Group recruited Anne from the NSW Ambulance Service where she was a qualified ambulance officer and manager. During her service with NSW Ambulance Anne held a number of frontline operational and management positions in both metropolitan and rural environments.

Anne has qualifications in paramedical science, management, Occupational Health and Safety and training and assessment. She also has extensive experience in business and industry having operated a small business prior to joining the ambulance service.