AAM 2026 Speaker Bio

Phil Swinsburg

Director of Asia Pacific Operations and Business Development

Wisk

Phil Swinsburg is the Director of Asia Pacific Business Development and Operations at Wisk, where he leads the regional sales and strategy team and is responsible for building the ecosystems needed to support the operational deployment of autonomous advanced air mobility (AAM) in Australia and across the Indo-Pacific Region.

A retired Australian Army Lieutenant Colonel, Phil brings over 30 years of experience in autonomous systems, including operational command of the Army’s first uncrewed aerial systems unit in Iraq and Afghanistan. He later led Google's drone delivery project (Wing) in Australia, the U.S. and Europe, and was successful at achieving global regulatory milestones and high-scale autonomous operations.

Phil holds an undergraduate degree in disaster management and two postgraduate degrees, one in  strategy and a second in operational planning.   He also serves as Director of Wisk Australia Pty Ltd and the Director of Wisk NZ LLC and Chairs the Advanced Air Mobility Working Group for the Australian Association for Uncrewed Systems (AAUS).

Phil is married with two daughters and has four amazing grandchildren and lives in Brisbane, Australia.