Margaret Staib

Air Commodore
Royal Australian Air Force

Air Commodore Staib joined the Royal Australian Air Force in January 1981 as an Officer Cadet.  She studied a Bachelor of Business Studies and graduated in December 1983.  She was posted to RAAF Darwin where she took up the appointment of Assistant Facilities Officer, responsible for base infrastructure.

In 1987 she was posted to No 2 Stores Depot in Sydney and performed the roles of Stock Control Officer, and later Provisioning Officer.  She was then posted to 486 Squadron where she was responsible for supply support for the maintenance on the C130, B707 and Caribou fleets.

Following her promotion to Squadron Leader in 1990, she was transferred to Headquarters Logistics Command where she was responsible for developing a Performance Management System for Air Force logistics systems.  She then became the Personal Staff Officer to the Air Officer Commanding Logistics Command.  During this tour in Melbourne, she completed her Masters of Business Logistics at RMIT.

In June 1997 she was posted to the newly formed Support Command Australia to act as the Personal Staff Officer to the Support Commander.  She was promoted to the rank of Wing Commander in March 1998 and became the Staff Officer Supply Chain Management for the Air Component of the Support Command and was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross for her leadership and contribution to ADF Aviation Inventory Management.

In June 2000 she was posted to an exchange position with the United States Air Force, in the Pentagon. For her work on logistics transformation, she was awarded the United States Meritorious Service Medal.

In September 2002 she was promoted to the rank of Group Captain where she took up the role of Director Planning and Logistics - Air Force. During 2005, she attended the Australian Defence College, Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies, where she completed a Masters of Arts in Strategic Studies. 

She was promoted to the rank of Air Commodore in January 2006, and is currently the Director General Strategic Logistics, Joint Logistics Command.  She is currently the Manager for the Logistics Companion Review in support of the Defence White Paper. 

Air Commodore Staib is married to Greg McDougall and has 12-year-old twins.