About Latitude4
What we do, why it’s important, who we are and our culture.
What do we do?
Latitude4 provides support services on matters associated with defence business growth within Defence acquisition, sustainment, and support services. These services extend to Government, Defence Primes, multi-national companies, along with small and medium enterprises.
Owned and managed by a Defence serviceman, Latitude4 prides itself on providing qualified, competent, and experienced professionals with either Defence or Defence industry backgrounds into roles that demand the need for hands on practitioners.
Latitude4 supports Australian companies across Australia in relation to their national and international Defence business. We also support overseas Defence Primes looking to position Australian companies into their supply chains.
Who is behind the company?
Rodney Love
Owner and Principle Consultant
Qualification Highlights
- Graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors
- Master of Business – RMIT
- Graduate Certificate in Logistics Management – RMIT
- Bachelor of Management – SCU
- Graduate of the Royal Military College – Duntroon
- Certified Motor/Diesel Mechanic
Rodney is a Business Executive with close to 40 years in the Defence sector, with 30+ years of performing leadership and management roles across Regional, State and National portfolios within Defence, Government and Defence Industry sectors, including 22 years serving within the regular Australian Army, within RAEME.
As a practitioner, he provides hands-on skills in strategic planning, business growth, maintenance management; production planning; logistics; Defence contract writing, negotiation and management; government procurement; operations and supply chain management; finance; HR; innovation; and physical and cyber security. Rodney is an experienced consulting professional with diverse academic qualifications including GAICD and Master of Business. Rodney also maintains a Neg Vet 2 (top secret) security clearance with the Department of Defence.
Having worked closely with Defence, Defence Primes and the Defence industry over his career, Rodney is well situated to assist and advise clients ranging from start-ups to company boards. This comes with a heavy emphasis on building stakeholder relations and ensuring clients receive experienced and practical advice and assistance.
Having served within the Australian Defence Force, Rodney’s driving force is to help smart and capable companies, win opportunities to supply their products and services into Defence and thereby continue to support those personnel wearing the military uniform that protect our broader interests.
Why is a practitioner important?
The consulting industry is extensive and confusing, especially to those who don’t specialise or have avid experience within the Government and Defence. At Latitude4 we ensure that our representatives working with you, have hands on experience in performing the function for which they are engaged. In many cases our representatives will have performed the same functions whilst working for the Department of Defence, and/or Defence Primes, and within Defence small to medium enterprises, meaning they have the correct backgrounds to advise clients properly.
Rather than providing you with a consultant, Latitude4 will provide you with a proven practitioner, who will guide and assist you with your business success, through their depth of knowledge and experience within their given field.
At Latitude4, we don’t accept work unless we are confident and knowledgeable in the area of expertise you require. If we don’t have the knowledge, Latitude4 will refer you to one of our known and trusted associates who will be more knowledgeable and appropriate for your needs.
Our Culture
Latitude4 was established with the specific intent of providing clients with practitioners, who have proven themselves within their fields of expertise. Depending on the type of assistance a client is seeking, Latitude4 will ensure through either its own staff, or through our extensive network of selected specialists, the right person for the job.
Latitude4 prides itself on honesty and integrity in the provision of advice and assistance to clients.
As such, Latitude4 will not:
- Accept work in fields that as a company, we have a lack of practical experience in, or those in which we are not qualified.
- Refer our clients to alternative service providers that are not known or trusted by Latitude4.
- Discuss client activities unless prior approval from the third party is provided.
Latitude4 will:
- Provide frank and fearless advice to clients
- Provide practical experience, knowledge, mentoring and advice through specialised practitioners in their fields of knowledge.
- Provide clients with realistic advice on the challenges, costs, and success probability of ventures and activities being undertaken.
Contact Us
At Latitude4 we appreciate that conducting business within the Defence sector can be challenging and confusing, particularly for companies, irrelevant of their size, entering the sector for the first time.
Therefore, we welcome you to ring us on +61 431 129 360 and have a chat at any time, in order to establish if the sector is right for you, and if so, how we can assist you with the challenges you may face. Alternately you can fill out our contact form and we'll respond as soon as we can.