Denis Thornton Email & Phone Number

Ireland

Ireland

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

S92A type-rated SFO flying oil & gas passengers, with military and Search & Rescue experience.

United Kingdom

• Renewable Energy start-up that delivered a unique waste-energy system to the market.
• Boot-strapped a clean technology company and disruptive business model for distributed carbon capture & energy generation from farm waste. Provided concept-to-operations talent & financial capital.
• In charge of P&L, process development, project management, business planning and marketing.
• Delivered 3 major projects totalling ~£5M before managed exit to shareholders.

UAE, UK

• Organised collaboration between Al Futtaim Group, the Hertz Corporation, DynCorp International and US Dept of Defence to airlift 330 construction units into Afghanistan for lease, and then organised contracted.
• Consulted on, developed, and delivered Perkins Engines entry into Afghanistan market.
• Capture Lead for 3 major US Department of Defence bids.

Ireland

• Developed successful bid for Irish Coast Guard Helicopter competition, managing an international team and authoring primary documents.
• Helicopter pilot flying Search and Rescue missions from Sligo, Dublin, Waterford and Shannon bases.
• Turned around previously failed project of airborne AIS ship identification information system on fleet of Sikorsky helicopters.
• 1,000+ flying hours on SAR duties over N Atlantic.

• Extensive operational leadership experience. Helicopter pilot and aviation operations commander with the Army Air Corps including 5 years on deployed counter-terrorism operations in Afghanistan and Northern Ireland..
• Led & managed up to 600 staff and up to 20 helicopters on combat and medevac missions in Afghanistan.
• Regularly in charge of site security and incident response.
• As Operations Officer planned and executed several operations to protect installations and people against attack or disruption.
• As a helicopter pilot commanded hundreds of aviation patrols including surveillance, vehicle interception, and response to major incidents.
• Conducted security work at nuclear power stations, strategic nuclear missile submarine bases, andseveral military installations throughout Scotland and the North of England.

• Bid assessor for Watchkeeper £880M drone surveillance project
• Key facilitator between Army, Project Teams and Contractors in UK, Switzerland, USA and Israel.
• Authored several white papers to improve performance & security.
• Specialist team leader on Bowman Radio Network usability.