TacMed Medical Services

Our Team

TacMed's leadership team brings extensive experience across Defence, emergency services, remote medicine, and high-risk operations. Our wider clinical workforce includes veteran and operationally experienced paramedics, nurses, and doctors — many drawn from special operations, aeromedical, and critical care backgrounds.

140+
Credentialled clinicians
70%+
With Defence background
2010
Veteran owned since

Leadership Team

Jeremy Holder MG
JH
Jeremy Holder MG
Managing Director & Founder
Adv. Dip. Paramedical Science Dip. Health (Underwater Medicine) ICP

Founder of TacMed Group with over 20 years of pre-hospital experience, including deployment to Afghanistan as a Medic with SOTG and 14 years with NSW Ambulance as an Intensive Care Paramedic. Jeremy is also an aeromedical retrieval paramedic and remote area medicine specialist. He continues to deploy in the field to maintain clinical currency. His mission: zero preventable deaths at the point of injury in Australia.

Gareth Hodges
GH
Gareth Hodges
Director of Operations
Paramedic Army Reservist (former)

More than 20 years of experience across Ambulance, Defence, mining, and leadership. A paramedic and former Army Reservist, Gareth has led healthcare operations, workforce capability, and clinical governance across Australia and New Zealand. He brings deep operational experience in managing complex, multi-site medical deployments across high-risk industries.

Jon Walter NSC & Bar
JW
Jon Walter NSC & Bar
Manager of Medical Services
Army Sergeant Medic (former) NSC & Bar 25+ years experience

Former Army Sergeant Medic with more than 25 years of experience across Defence, Police, and remote healthcare operations. Jon brings extensive leadership expertise in high-risk special operations, clinical governance, and multi-agency operational management. He has primary accountability for service delivery, operational planning, mobilisation, clinical resourcing, and client liaison across all TacMed Medical Services engagements.

Dr Dan Pronk
DP
Dr Dan Pronk
Medical Director
MBBS FRACGP MBA B. Ex. Science

Former Regimental Medical Officer for 2CDO & SASR with multiple operational deployments and five tours to Afghanistan. Awarded the Commendation for Distinguished Service. As Medical Director, Dr Pronk oversees all clinical practice guidelines, drug therapy protocols, credentialling, and clinical governance across TacMed Medical Services. He has also worked in occupational medicine, remote medicine, and as a EMST instructor through the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

Operations Team

Adam Cantrick
AC
Adam Cantrick
Lead — Innovation & Governance

18 years in the Australian Army, finishing in Special Operations Command including TAG (East) and deployments to South-East Asia, Pacific, and Middle East. Currently a Special Operations Team Paramedic with NSW Ambulance and Rescue Crewman with Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopters — Sydney. Founding member of Disaster Relief Australia.

Kirsty Caton
KC
Kirsty Caton
Operations Coordinator

Day-to-day operational coordination across all TacMed Medical Services taskings — clinician scheduling, mobilisation logistics, deployment readiness, and the handover from business development through to active service delivery.

Glen Hopwood
GH
Glen Hopwood
ADF Operations Support

Dedicated single point of coordination for all ADF taskings — ensuring alignment with Defence frameworks (DSPF, WHS, clinical governance) and supporting interoperability with Defence training staff across all exercises and field activities.

Andy Kennedy
AK
Andy Kennedy
CRH Team Leader

Leads TacMed's Crash Response Helicopter capability — a discrete sub-team operating under a structured FIFO roster of full-time and casual Intensive Care Paramedics, providing critical care capability in support of aviation and aeromedical operations.

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Our Clinical Workforce

Beyond the leadership team, TacMed maintains a national casual clinician pool of over 140 credentialled personnel across multiple states and territories. This structure provides scalable surge capacity and operational resilience — enabling TacMed to support concurrent taskings, geographically dispersed activities, and short-notice requirements while maintaining workforce sustainability.

Over 70% of our clinical team have a Defence background, with many remaining active in Reserves or other front-line agencies. This cultural alignment is reflected in how our personnel integrate with Defence, government, and industrial clients.

60+
Advanced Care Paramedics
20+
Intensive Care Paramedics
10+
Registered Nurses
24+
Medical Officers
20+
Patient Transport Officers
6+
States & territories

Work With TacMed

TacMed recruits paramedics, nurses, and doctors with operational backgrounds — particularly those with Defence, aeromedical, critical care, or remote medicine experience. If you're looking to work in genuinely demanding environments alongside people who've done the same, we'd like to hear from you.

We're typically looking for
  • AHPRA-registered paramedics (ACP or ICP level preferred)
  • Defence, special operations, or aeromedical background highly regarded
  • Ability to work autonomously in remote and complex environments
  • Current clinical currency and CPD compliance
  • Available for FIFO, extended roster, or short-notice deployment
  • National police check and relevant security clearances (for Defence taskings)
Medical Services ManagerJon Walter
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