Roger Gleeson

Roger Gleeson was appointed General Manager, Defence in October 2018 with over a decade of experience with the organisation.

His broad experience with Penske Australia has comprised multiple roles including Service Manager – Darwin, Technical Support Manager – Defence Programmes Group (DPG), Assistant Manager – DPG, and National Manager – DPG.

Prior to joining Penske in 2008, Roger spent 12 years within the Australian Defence Force, where, in addition to serving on multiple active service overseas deployments, he held various engineering roles supporting, developing, and managing the delivery of ground support services for Australian air assets nationally and overseas.

As General Manager – Defence, Roger oversees a team of 21 staff. His leadership style fosters a strong team environment that promotes growth within the team as individuals are exposed to new responsibilities and tasks.

He leads by example, guiding a team that has direct customer interface across the multi-tiered hierarchy of the defence industry.

In providing national contract and project capabilities, Roger is driven by the core objective of developing, delivering, and managing projects that provide value to the defence customer base through the installation and in-service support capability of Penske-supported products.

Roger hold trade and engineering qualifications and a Diploma in Business Management.