About Shashank Ramakrishna
Shashank ‘Shanks’ Ramakrishna, Co-Founder and Director at SAHR, brings over 16 years of experience within the Defence sector, with over half of this time extensively involved in Defence Technology Acquisition and Transfers and management of the subsequent Export Controls requirements.
Shanks began his career within Defence as an Aeronautical Engineering Officer within the Royal Australian Air Force – during this time as an Engineer he worked with a number of highly sensitive and controlled technologies such as the AP-3C Orion (and subsequent mission systems), the C-27 Spartan, the EA-18G Growler, and the Next Generation Jammer.
In 2019, Shanks formed SAHR with fellow co-founder Harry Singh, and subsequently began SAHR’s export controls practice, which at Q1 2024 has over a dozen experienced technology & export controls consultants amounting to over 100 years of collective experience.
About Eva Galfi
Eva Galfi, Principal at International Trade Advisors, brings 25 years of experience as an international trade consultant to assisting her clients with challenging import and export compliance issues.
Ms. Galfi specialises in assisting Australian companies with understanding how to apply U.S. export controls, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). She also advises on creating and implementing export controls policies and procedures, conducting risk assessments to identify compliance issues, and designing staff training.
Ms. Galfi understands the challenges multinationals face in balancing trade compliance with organisational profitability. Her clients have included companies on the Forbes 500 and ASX 20. Over the course of the past decade, Ms. Galfi has brought this experience to SMEs in the form of affordable, easy to implement compliance programs that stand up to U.S. State Department and U.S. Commerce Department scrutiny.
About International Trade Advisors
International Trade Advisors is a Sydney-based boutique consultancy serving multinationals and SMEs in the Australian defence industry since 2011.
Our service offerings include assistance with understanding the regulatory requirements under U.S. ITAR, EAR and Australian export controls. We offer tailored advice and training to Australian companies and Australian subsidiaries of multinationals.
We have assisted prime defence contractors, SMEs and the Commonwealth with creating cost-effective processes, procedures and staff training that are tailored to their business needs. Our focus is on helping Australian entities understand export controls by providing assistance related to addressing compliance issues as well as guidance in relation to managing an effective Export Compliance Management Program (ECMP).
About SAHR
SAHR is a professional services business providing niche consulting services to the Defence and National Security sector. We are experienced in supporting our Defence clients with their participation in international collaborative programs and specialise in the development, management, delivery and compliance aspects of international agreements.
Our expertise includes end-to-end commercial activities including the establishment and ongoing management of commercial agreements with international vendors, establishment and ongoing management of international government agreements such as Memoranda of Understanding, Project Arrangements and FMS Cases, and compliance with technology & export controls.
Our expert technology & export controls consultants can assist with the development and implementation of compliance frameworks, training, audits, authorisation management and access management.