1. Driftwood Life & Leadership Solutions Pty Ltd
PO Box 334 Foster, 3960
Mobile: 0458 974 005 • Email: driftwoodleadership@gmail.com
Craig Ferguson has worked in a wide-ranging number of leadership positions in emergency
management across the Victorian government sector. Craig is a state endorsed Level 3
Incident Controller and has led at the incident, regional and state levels during some of the
most significant emergencies in Victoria’s history such as; bushfires, floods, health
emergencies, essential infrastructure failures and severe weather events.
Following a career as a radio broadcaster at the ABC and various Melbourne metropolitan
commercial radio stations, Craig changed careers and joined the ambulance service in 1995
and worked as a paramedic in the Northern Territory and Victoria. After leaving the ambulance
service he worked with the Victoria State Emergency Service, the Department of Sustainability
and Environment and the Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner within the
Department of Justice. He joined the Department of Health and Human Services Emergency
Management Branch in 2008, and then moved to the CFA as Manager Operational Training
Delivery in 2012. Craig has been a CFA volunteer fire-fighter since 1987.
Craig has created and facilitated crisis and strategic leadership programs for senior executives
within the Victorian government and non-government sectors. In 2013 he was awarded the
CFA’s ‘Commendation for Service’ for vision and leadership in the development of leaders
across the Victorian emergency management sector.
In 2015 Craig established Driftwood Life & Leadership Solutions delivering crisis and general
leadership programs, facilitating crisis exercises and incident reviews and executive coaching.
Craig is a regular keynote speaker on leadership in the crisis setting. His ongoing research and
analysis of leadership within the organisational and crisis context, and his personal experience
in crisis leadership roles enable him to speak with broad insight and authority on this
specialised topic.