Colonel Kidson is a SERCAT 5 Officer currently posted to Army Headquarters as Director, Scalability. In her previous appointment as Commanding Officer, 5th Engineer Regiment she deployed to the NSW fire grounds in 2019-20 as Task Force Commander. Colonel Kidson holds five degrees, including a PhD in Science from Trinity College Cambridge and a Master Economics (Honours) from the University of Sydney. A Science and Technology Executive, she is currently Group Leader, National Security at the Defence Science and Technology Group.