Our Culture
Our team brings together the best of industry and government.
Our Values
Working Together to Drive
Export-Led Growth.
At UKDSC we are united in our mission to drive export-led growth and our values are the foundation of our culture. We firmly believe that our people are the driving force behind our success.
Our team is made up of individuals with a diverse range of professional experiences, each bringing their unique skills and perspectives to the organisation.
Trust
We are trusted by our customers. Trusted to deliver excellence. Trusted to be impartial with no political or business agenda.
Integrity
Integrity is our guiding principle. With a commitment to honesty, ethics, and transparency, we uphold the highest standards, ensuring excellence and reliability in all endeavours.
Impartiality
Our ethos is centred around impartiality. We operate firmly in the pre-competitive sphere. Our steadfast commitment to integrity guarantees that impartiality guides every decision, nurturing trust, equity, and innovation throughout our business practices.
Our people
Head of International Engagement
Richie is Head of International Engagement, contributing 38 years of defence and aerospace sector expertise gained as an RAF aviator and within the industry. Richie prides himself on forging global partnerships, driving strategic growth across governmental and commercial domains and brings extensive international business development expertise.
Lead Application Engineer
Jake joined UKDSC in 2024 after working as a DevOps engineer in the public sector. He aims to introduce innovative methodologies and diverse development tools to enhance the company's growth. His focus is on automating and simplifying processes, thereby enabling further expansion within the organisation.
Assistant Director, Strategy & Policy
Richard brings over 40 years’ experience in the Defence and Civil Aerospace and Marine sectors. With Rolls-Royce he held leadership roles in Programme Management, Customer Services, Engineering and Business Development.
Richard has led large business transformation programmes and has lived and worked overseas leading a challenging marine gas turbine development programme.
Senior Finance & Operations Manager
Daniel is the Senior Finance and Operations Manager, responsibilities include finance, grant governance, day to day operations and front-line IT support.
As a qualified CIMA accountant Daniel brings experiences from different industries including medical, hospitality, working for a small family run business to FTSE250 companies.
Head of Innovation and Capability, Digital Communications Technology
Richard is the Head of Innovation and Capability, Digital Communications Technology. He brings over 35 years’ experience in research and development on wireless communications technologies for UK defence.
His experience encompasses a wide range of innovative engineering solutions, delivering operational advantage for land, maritime and air domains.
Assistant Director, International Engagement
Nicki leads the International Engagement team at UKDSC. She brings over 25 years of international strategic business development experience from across a wide portfolio of markets.
Assistant Director, Prosperity & Economic Data
Pally leads the Prosperity & Economics Data team and has over 23 years of experience across sectors including banking, regulatory and law enforcement.
Over the past 15 years, she specialised in establishing and managing departments aligned with regulations and business models.
Assistant Director, International Markets
Dave looks after the Market Intelligence team and outputs at the UKDSC. He joined in 2018 as a direct hire after spending six years in various roles across the defence industry, primarily in the air domain.
Head of International Engagement
Having begun his career in the financial services sector, David has spent the last 10 years working in aerospace and defence. David has held positions across the strategy and market development functions with responsibility for export campaigns in a number of international markets.
Data Scientist
Aroosa joins UKDSC as a Data Scientist in the PED team, bringing a consulting background focused on data storage and visualisation solutions. With a certification in data engineering, she combines technical expertise with a practical approach to solving complex data challenges.
Innovation & Capability Support Officer
Cameron is currently a secondee with Boeing and has a background in astrophysics. He has worked on developing autonomous systems and modelling complex environments. Cameron applies his technical skills to solve real-world engineering problems across all domains with a focus on the space sector.
Executive Director, Business Operations
Jeremy oversees the delivery of our customer work programme, funding and governance and runs the UKDSC back office. He brings over 3 decades of running and transforming operational services across public and private sector organisations.
Chief Executive - Interim
Chris leads the UKDSC team as interim CEO. He brings over 40 years’ experience in the defence and aerospace sectors including roles in engineering and international business development and strategy.
Chris has lived and worked extensively overseas leading large and complex export campaigns in Australia, Asia Pacific, Europe, and the U.S.
Innovation & Capability Support Officer
Ciaran is an Innovation and Capability Support Officer at the UKDSC. He began his career as a graduate engineer, with experience in both power systems and software engineering. With a background in technical delivery and systems development, Ciaran brings a combination of engineering knowledge and digital insight to support cross-sector innovation and capability growth.
Defence Economist
Tommy is the Defence Economist in the Prosperity and Economic Data Team. He is responsible for work on all JEDHub related analysis products for the UKDSC.
Tommy has extensive experience working on research and analysis projects within the UK, and internationally, across private and public sectors.
Head of Space
Mark is the Head of Space within the Innovation and Capability team. He has over 40 years of experience within aerospace and defence, with a strong background in both satellite based and alternative navigation systems.
He has worked as an engineer, project manager and business developer on many international collaborative space programmes.
Head of Innovation & Capability, Complex Weapons
Martin is the Head of Innovation and Capability, Complex Weapons. He brings a decade of experience as a Weapon System Engineer and Technologist to the UKDSC.
Martin has extensive experience working on collaborative technical programs both across industry within the UK, and internationally.
Assistant Director, Innovation & Capability
Leading the Innovation & Capability team, Roger has experience in a wide range of technologies and capabilities, from more than 20 years in defence research and development, working in industry and government, complemented by a further decade in civil and commercial research and development.
Executive Director, Prosperity Innovation & Capability
Jason leads both the Prosperity & Economics Data team and the Innovation & Capability team at UKDSC. Jason started in the defence industry as a technical apprentice before completing his qualifications as a systems engineer.
Jason has experience in all stages of the systems engineering lifecycle, as well as bid management, programme management and engineering management on major programmes.
Our Secondee
Programme
UKDSC offers a unique opportunity for a secondment at the heart of the defence ecosystem.
Our secondees rate their time with us highly with many stating it accelerated their career.
Our behaviours
Our behaviours are a direct reflection of our values, as they guide how we interact and work together, prioritising collaboration, agility and quality. This creates an environment that fosters innovation and ensures the success of our team.
Collaboration
Collaboration is central to the way we work together, both as a team and with our international partners, actively seeking feedback, valuing diverse perspectives and working together towards common goals.
Agility
We are responsive to the dynamic environment we operate in. As a small agile organisation, our strength allows us to adapt quickly to the ever-changing geopolitical landscape.
Quality
Combining the collective knowledge of industry, government and academia, utilising evidence-based analysis and proven methods.
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