With Hunted Australia 2024 comes an impressive team of highly skilled Hunters ready to track down this year’s Fugitives.
This year, Hunted has a little bit of a twist that will see nine pairs of everyday Aussies carry out a bank robbery before going on the run with whatever share of $1 million they manage to pocket.
However, they must go on the run for 21 days without being detected in order to keep their lucrative stash.
And with this year’s new and improved team of Hunters, that will prove more difficult than ever.
So, who are the Hunters flexing their skills on Hunted Australia 2024?
Reece Dewar OAM — Chief
After being David Craig‘s deputy in previous seasons, Reece Dewar is stepping up to the plate as Hunted 2024‘s Chief.
He has over 20 years of experience in the Australian Defence Force and 12 years of service with Special Operations Command (Australia).
Reece is highly experienced in Counter-Terrorism and Offshore Recovery Operations and has also been an advisor to the UAE Government.
He was also awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to the Special Operations Community and was responsible for the development of National Level Defence and Law Enforcement Capabilities within Australia and the Middle East.
Ben Owen — Deputy
Former British Intelligence agent Ben Owen is no stranger to the Hunted family, having starred in both the British and U.S. versions of the show. Now, he is Reece’s right-hand man as he embarks on his third season of Hunted Australia.
Off-screen, Ben is an internationally recognised expert in covert operations, surveillance and online investigations. He also has over 17 years of experience working at the very height of national security in the UK, in military operations, and in the private sector.
He now works as a cybersecurity and intelligence expert and consults across the globe, and even dabbles in keynote speaking.
Dr Karla Lopez — Forensic Psychologist
Returning for her second season is Dr Karla Lopez, who has a decade of experience as a Forensic Psychologist and a decade of policing in corrections Victoria. She also specialises in sex, violent and recidivist offenders.
With an understanding of human behaviour and motivations, she is able to help the Hunted team by showing how those relationships play out in the real world.
According to the Global P Conference website, Dr Karla has worked closely with Victoria Police to develop their offender management framework to guide the risk management of sex offenders in the community.
She has also consulted across several Australian states on matters of offender risk assessment and management.
Graeme Simpfendorfer — Lead Investigator
With over 25 years in the Police force, Graeme Simpfendorfer knows Victoria like the back of his hand.
After witnessing a bank robbery while working as a teller when he was younger, Graeme knew he wanted to be an officer.
“I really made my mind up that I wanted to be on the other side of what was going on that day,” he told the Border Mail in 2023.
Graeme worked the ‘beat’ across metropolitan Melbourne before being promoted to Detective in 2003. Then, in 2006, he transferred to the Homicide Squad.
Graeme then led small teams in the world of armed robbery investigations before obtaining two departmental commendations for some high-profile, infamous investigations.
After this, the investigator moved to the North East of Victoria as the Officer in Charge, Wodonga Detectives.
On top of this, he has also received the National Emergency Medal (Black Saturday Bushfires 2009), National Medal (25 years service), National Police Service Medal and Victoria Police Ethical Service Medal.
Carla Coslovich — Lead Intelligence
While it’s Carla Coslovich‘s first time in Hunted HQ, she’s no stranger to what her gig as Lead Intelligence entails.
After 16 years in the Victorian Police Force, reaching the rank of Senior Sergeant, she moved on to be a Security Operations Manager within the AFL for five years.
She established the first-ever Security Department and recruited a team that serviced every AFL club, stadium and law enforcement agency across the country in security operations and intelligence.
Meet the rest of the Hunted Australia 2024 Hunters
- Leigha Fraser – Senior Principal Analyst
- Leah Pinto – Lead Cyber
- Vikki Grouios – Ethical Hacker
- Carter Smith – Open Source Intel
- Luke Burns – Ethical Hacker
- Jay Banerji – Digital Forensics
- Marco and Luke – Team Alpha
- Zak and Niki – Team Bravo
- Howie and Kim – Team Charlie
- Kellie and Emma – Team Delta
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