Jim Molan was an Australian Liberal senator and retired army major general. In April 2004, he deployed for a year to Iraq as the Coalition forces' chief of operations, where he controlled the manoeuvre operations of all forces across all of Iraq, including the security of Iraq's oil, electricity and rail infrastructure.

After leaving the military, Jim was a commentator on defence and security issues, and wrote regularly for a number of journals and blogs. Until September 2014, he was a principal of Aadi Defence Pty Ltd, facilitating access for Australian industry to defence technology grants and working with other high technology industries. He was a consultant to Deakin University, BAE Systems Australia and Israeli Aerospace Industries.

Jim was active in speaking out on defence issues, in particular, on Australia's preparedness against an aggressive China.