Supporting Leonardo UK’s three Divisions to join together and find new synergies, products and new markets. Covering strategy, capability development and special projects.

Management of the UK team, setting the ‘what & how’ to deliver innovation into the business. The task includes • establish the innovation process spanning scouting, funding, collaboration & delivery• create innovation model that unifies above to deliver balanced R&D portfolio with greater gearing for internal investment• lead the internal effort – driving intrapreneurship across the business• driving technology roadmap content to provide business wide context for R&D priorities • aligning technology portfolio with business strategy – short & long term balance• establish partnership model to deliver R&D outcomes with supply chain and academic partners• seek out technology providers, share the vision, establish partnerships• driving capability to understand funding landscape• liaison with UK government funding & technical bodies• enabling cross business initiatives

~ Shape Company’s future capability roadmaps to identify technology portfolio gaps~ Created AGP business cases to provide strategic direction on key topics~ Cases intended to secure UK position in emerging advanced air mobility sector~ Rapidly acquire knowledge to act as champion for autonomy and hybrid power systems~ Assembled cross-sectorial industry\academia team during lockdown on ‘green’ topic~ Delivered consensus, aligning stakeholder partner aspirations toward single objective~ Compiled circa £20M proposal, encouraging significant partner investment~ Supported ATI technical working groups in related areas

Programme Lead - Active Rotor R&DTasks of this role are:- Programme lead. Responsible for planning and monitoring of schedule, financial and risk. The project was initially planned using MS Project to scope duration, budgets and dependencies. A bespoke risk management plan was developed allowing for higher R&D risk environment. I act as first point of contact for Company senior management, and all external customers. I prepare all external Press releases, lectures and web material on the topic. Technical team lead. In common with my previous (BERP IV) role I have used an integrated design and manufacturing team. A co-located team supplemented by academia teams to ensure 'pull thru' of new ideas. Ability to map strategies for new technologies. My active rotor work is at the leading edge of helicopter rotor development. This requires clear articulation of objectives, risks and challenges that I personally captured in an Evaluation Strategy. Technology maturity paths were extrapolated based on projected ability to reach a suitable readiness level for production. Primary technology risks were reviewed, and supplementary activities were undertaken using specialist consultants and academia to de-risk and enable better quantification of future production benefits. Background:Programme has developed the most complex rotor system The Company has ever constructed. The system encapsulates the rotor dynamic system and new electrical, avionics and software systems to control flaps located in the blade’s trailing edge. Achieving an acceptable level of maturity to provide a demonstrator flight safety case for has provided many new technical challenges. Contract support has been received from the UK Technology Strategy Board (Dept. of Business, Innovation & Skills) and the Aerospace Technology Institute, and is expected to conclude with flight in 2018. The Programme was cited by the National Aerospace Technology Strategy rotorcraft roadmap in 2010.

My ‘programme’ responsibilities included:-• Contract negotiation, preparation of costed technical proposals, Quality & Risk documents• Initiating and controlling project cost, schedule & risk• Liaison with MoD customer & Armed Forces representatives on technical & programme aspects• Briefing senior MoD staff on progress and 'spin off' opportunities for early exploitation• Negotiate with supply chain senior management to secure long term material and specialist support My ‘technical’ responsibilities included:-• Chair Design Reviews & technical progress meetings• Mediate specialist discussion in the event of design conflict with aims• Identify, scope and launch technical studies to address risk issues• Liaison between The Company and technical specialist groups in QinetiQ and MoD DSTL• Setting design objectives regarding mechanically fastened tip and ‘modular’ erosion shield• Characterisation of new & novel blade erosion shield against rain & hail impact to establish acceptable flight clearance and quantify likely service life• Generation of the Blade Design, Heater mat Specifications & Hub Interface documentation• Participate in safety of flight inspections & manage documentation provision & dissemination to the UK Military airworthiness authority prior to first flight The programme concluded with successful flight trials in 2006 & 2007 on the AW101 Merlin helicopter, with the purpose of verifying hover, forward flight & vibration performance benefits. All technical objectives were simultaneously demonstrated with sufficient strength that the design was procured as an Urgent Operational Requirement by the UK Ministry of Defence to enable Royal Air Force Merlin Mk.3 operations in Afghanistan. In recognition of the achievement the Design Team was awarded the Royal Aeronautical Society Team Gold medal in 2007.

My responsibilities included:-• Point of contact with MoD Project Team, Westland Customer Support & the British Army Air Corps/Royal Navy/overseas customer end users for all in-service rotor system modifications• Liaison with all parties to identify tasks and draft costed proposals• Monitor and report task progress to management• Compilation of the Rotors chapter to the first MoD Future Lynx Air Vehicle Systems Specification in the ‘DOORS’ relational database as part of the formal contract proposal.• Lead Engineer on the introduction of particulate erosion protection on the Army Air Corps (AAC) Lynx aircraft in 2003. Team comprised Westland and 3M specialists. Task commenced with the introduction into service of a modified blade tip cap in six weeks. Complete leading edge protection scheme was then derived, and I led a team of engineers to the Blade Repair Bay at AAC Middle Wallop and installed the first trial kit for flight trials by 667 Sqn AAC.Relevant trainingUsing DOORS for Requirements Management - 2002

In this period I was involved in a wide range of minor studies, funded by the MoD, European Unionor Company internal budgets. As a junior engineer these studies gave me a broader appreciation ofthe aerospace business.My tasks included:-Marketing analysis - intended to identify future rotorcraft usage trends across all sectors worldwide to enable assessment of suitable vehicle sizing for a tilt rotor aircraft.Vehicle impact studies of new vibration reduction technologies (fuselage Finite element analysis of vibratory modes, installation schemes).Scheming, basic mechanical design and proof testing of composite, metallic and hydraulic subassemblies for an aeroelastically tailored wing/nacelle/rotor wind tunnel model.Ballistic impact behaviour of thermoset composite panels.Impact and fire resistant structures for aircraft type certification clearance.Relevant trainingMSC NASTRAN Statics & Normal Modes AnalysisMSC NASTRAN Dynamics