Michael Ord was appointed to the Board on 1 June 2018, and appointed as Group Chief Executive on 1 July 2018. Michael formerly held a number of senior management roles with BAE Systems including Managing Director of their Naval Ships and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter businesses. Prior to his 1996 move to industry Michael had a successful career in the Royal Navy serving for twelve years in a number of engineering management roles. An Aeronautical Systems Engineering graduate and a Chartered Engineer, Michael has also completed post-graduate management studies at Manchester Business School and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Programme. Michael is a non-executive director of TT Electronics plc, a trustee of The Education & Training Foundation, and a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society.