Mark Townend Email & Phone Number

Salisbury, Gb

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Principal Consultant in the UK's premier Barrier Based Risk Management Consultancy.Speciality Areas:-Aviation-Defence-Safety Management-Uncrewed and Autonomous Systems-Security (Physical and Cyber)-Data Driven Enterprise Performance & Observability

Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for programme enablement, business value measurement, C suite engagement and strategic planning development for UK Government and Public Sector accounts (totalling over £16M annual recurring revenue).Agencies managed included UK Cabinet and Home Offices, Department of Work and Pensions, HMRC, Department for Education and Network Rail, all of whom renewed their service subscription in the FY23 / 24 period contributing to a target smashing 119.6% NRR across the whole CS team.

Yeovil, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for compliance monitoring (military: UK MAA and civil: UK CAA and EASA) and risk management within the Flight Test and Flight Operations functions of Leonardo Helicopters UK.

United Kingdom

Risk and Safety Performance Lead for Draken Europe (previously Cobham Aviation Services UK). Responsible for modernising the approach to Risk and Risk Management and developing insightful performance questions, indicators and measures, as well as the performance monitoring strategy, for the organisation's safety management system.Also responsible for leading on aviation safety and SMS training for a complex, dispersed and highly active aviation organisation during and in the aftermath of the COVID 19 pandemic.

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Lead Consultant, Instructor / Trainer and Risk Management portfolio owner for a world-leading aviation safety consultancy. Responsible for developing the knowledge of aviation industry practitioners and leading on performance enhancing projects and programmes for Civil and Military organisations . Specialised in Risk Management modelling & visualisation and the successful integration of the "Bowtie" risk assessment methodology in an organisations Enterprise Risk Management System.

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In association with Baines Simmons Ltd.Training Consultant for a world-leading aviation safety consultancy. Responsible for developing Military and Civil aviation safety practitioners through Baines Simmons' renowned SMARRT MAP™ approach to safety risk management, and specialising in the successful integration of the "Bowtie" methodology into an organisation's SMS.

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In association with Vedette Consulting Ltd.Military capability, operations and RPAS consultant for acclaimed MoD research, development and decision support partners: providing highly relevant expertise on UK military combined arms manoeuvres, contemporary operational capabilities, C4ISTAR, Joint Fires integration and RPAS employment.

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In association with Allyance Ltd.Building on the success of the previous TUAS Air System Safety Case project, Mark has developed and evolved the ASSC process to support the entry into military service of a further two distinct Mini-UAS capabilities. These capabilities have been delivered into operational service with the UK MoD through coherent safety arguments underpinned by thorough analysis and robust evidence.Throughout this project Mark has further developed and refined the MoD RPAS community application of the increasingly popular "Bowtie" Risk Assessment. This tailored employment of the well regarded "Bowtie" methodology has allowed "Acceptable Means of Compliance" arguments and risk mitigation strategies to be visualised and evidenced, further enabling military RPAS capabilities while remaining demonstrably safe and compliant with Civil and Military Regulations.

United Kingdom

In association with Allyance Ltd.Flight Safety advisor to the military Delivery Duty Holder (DDH) for all British Army unmanned aviation platforms.Responsible for advising the DDH on current and developing air safety risks associated with operating the "new in service" WATCHKEEPER unmanned aviation platform and in service Miniature UAS capabilities: providing informed recommendations for appropriate mitigating action that ensured the capability could operate, develop and deploy within a risk envelope that could justifiably be declared as Tolerable and ALARP.Also responsible for ensuring the capability met with all established Military Aviation Authority (MAA) regulations and supervisory processes, collating expert input to the ongoing safety management system and visualising complex air safety systems through a bespoke "Bowtie" risk analysis methodology.

Uk

In association with RPS Group Plc.Responsible for the stakeholder engagement, expertise assembly and evidentiary delivery necessary to compile a robust "first of type" Air System Safety Case for the British Army's new in service Watchkeeper UAS system, resulting in a successful Release to Service in early 2014.

Capability Directorate (Close Support), Uk

Capability Trials and Delivery Team Manager, Delivery Project Manager, Concept & Development Designer, C4I Experimentation,Trials and Evaluation Coordinator.Project delivery and QA deployment to Afghanistan: Oct 2011

London 2012 Olympic Games

Coordination and liaison across senior level G4S, LOCOG, MOD, Home Office and Met Police security management.Role focused on enabling coordination across all agencies to assure the collective security workforce, their specialist skill sets, and contingency planning as part of the MACT assistance delivered to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Uk, Canada & Afghanistan

Leader & Manager of a specialist team of 7 SoldiersCapability management, Integration and direction in support of Combat OperationsSurveillance, Target Acquisition and Offensive Capability Subject Matter Expert, Advisor & Liaison Operational Tour (Afghanistan) Mar - Oct 2010

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Infantry (1999 - 2003) and Artillery Officer (2004 - 2012) within the Regular British Army.Deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan in various roles.

Education record

Officer'S Commision, Royal Artillery

Commisioned Dec '04 in The Sovereign's Platoon

Theatre And Media Studies, Film Production And Editing, Ba (Hons) 2:2

Education record

Education record