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with two children. Outside of his professional life, he enjoys spending time with his family, travelling, motorsport and boating.
issues. Being able to discuss engineering at both a commercial level, and very much at a technical level has been enormously helpful in being able to support our customers through their challenging needs. During 2015, I was appointed Business Development Director for the Broughton facility, focus was needed to develop new customer base and increase Tactical Sales market share to deliver continual growth to the Broughton site. Since this time we have widened our network and regularly deliver Tactical Sales into Europe, and also stretch as far as the USA
Prior to this Geraint was Chief Operating Officer of DSG, heading up all UK operations and Corporate Support areas, also holding Executive responsibility for the Operational deployment of DSG in support of Op HERRICK in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Previously, Geraint has headed up various Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul facilities across Wales, including Aircraft Depth Maintenance (incl Harrier, Hawk, Red Arrows, Battle of Britain Memorial Fleet) and off-aircraft facilities (incl Structures, Composites, Fuel systems, Transmissions, Transparencies, Egress systems, Manufacturing/Machining, Electronics/Avionics) along with Process Support areas. An experienced Chartered Director and Aerospace Engineer, Geraint is a Fellow of both the Royal Aeronautical Society and Institute of Directors. Geraint is also an MOD Ambassador for Army Civil Servants in Wales, and represents MOD at the UK Government in Wales forums. Geraint has a proven capability of running businesses and corporate support services through strong leadership and change management skills developed over his 28 year career in defence related aerospace businesses.
James Beacham
services provider of gas turbine engine parts. The 8 years in Chromalloy Thailand leading sales and customer services, culminated in a number of long-term agreements, particularly with China Airlines & Siemens and Rolls Royce, where James was the commercial lead in securing the first Trent 1000 repairs outside of the Rolls Royce network. James’ responsibility at AerFin is devising and executing the sales and marketing strategy for the group and leading the wider sales team on building long term agreements with strategic customers in the leasing, airline and MRO community.
markets, Viv now supports Wales’ supply chain companies in Aerospace, Automotive and Nuclear. Viv holds a Masters’ degree in Education Management, is a Governor on the executive board of the largest FE college in Wales, sits on the steering group of the Wales Nuclear Forum and in 2017 was appointed Skills Ambassador to the Aerospace Wales Forum. She keeps bees and produces her own woodland honey. A recent graduate of Cardiff Metropolitan University’s sector leading 20Twenty Business Growth programme Viv says. “I am a strong advocate of life-long learning at any age. Employers who choose to develop their staff with work-relevant skills are investing in the future of their company and sending a strong motivational message to the individual. With Brexit around the corner, a motivated workforce could become a company’s strongest asset.”
James is a graduate of the University of South Wales, where he received a BA Hons in Business Excellence, with first class honours. James’ career in
Ben Moore
With a manufacturing experience of over 20 years across various industries in telecoms, automotive and aerospace, Ben’s career has focused
Aerospace commenced with TES Aviation Group, a major aero engine engineering consultancy business. James was part of a global sales team, with responsibility for developing relationships with airlines and MRO’s, primarily in the EMEA region. In 2013, James joined Zodiac Seats UK (part of Zodiac Aerospace) as a Sales Manager, responsible for the sales and marketing of premium aircraft seating systems. Two years later, James joined Zodiac Seats UK’s extended leadership team and was promoted to Head of Marketing, accountable for all strategic and operational marketing in the UK. In 2016, James was appointed as Sales Director for Zodiac Seats. In this position James assumed responsibility for the leadership of all sales activities in Northern Europe & Russia for Zodiac Seats. Since the acquisition of Zodiac Aerospace by Safran in 2018, James now holds the position of Sales Director for Safran Seats. James is a keen golfer and enjoys travelling; he currently resides in Abergavenny, South Wales.
on the production of specialized materials. Ben holds a degree in Materials Science and a MBA in Business Administration. Ben started his career with Pirelli and for the last 7 years has worked at Solvay (formally Cytec) as the Site Manager.
Madeleine Pinder
Madeleine is a graduate of the University of the West of England, where she studied English and Journalism. After university Madeleine moved
Vivienne Compton
Viv Compton is Director/Founder of Industry Learning Solutions Limited (ILS), a Costain Supply Chain approved, staff development company working
Jason Davies
Gareth Richards
With 35 years in Aviation, his career to date has provided the opportunity to become familiar with the Business, Civil & Military Aerospace markets as an established Senior
A versatile and enthusiastic business development
back to her home town of Cardiff and started her marketing career at a medical supplies company where she worked for five years. In 2015 Madeleine joined Spectrum Technologies as a Marketing Executive and two years later was promoted to Marketing & Communications Manager. Madeleine now lives in St Nicholas, a small village in the Vale of Glamorgan, with her husband Tom.
with manufacturers across Wales and the UK. Viv believes in delivering exceptional customer service and, as a Skills Ambassador and in her own business, works in partnership with industry to manage a broad range training needs. In response to demand, Viv specialises in Lean Manufacturing, Operational Excellence and ILM Management. Viv has been providing staff and organisational development solutions for over 20 years - managing the relationship between industry and education partners to ensure companies maximize the opportunities available to them for Levy funding and a ROI. Through this collaborative approach she was instrumental in developing, securing and piloting a new tailored Apprenticeship Team Leader programme for Honda of the UK Manufacturing Ltd incorporating engineering training provided by a Welsh FE college in a three-way partnership. With industry experience gained in Exxon Chemical geotextiles manufacturing and ICC (Telcordia) building market- share in the UK, European and American
director with 24 years’ experience in the aerospace sector, working directly with Aerospace giants, such as Airbus, GKN, Spirit, and Cobham. All 24 years’ experience have been gained through working for RD Precision / Gardner Aerospace, working from an apprentice precision engineer, to eventually being promoted to Speed Shop engineer and shift leader back in 2006. In 2010 Gardner acquired RD Precision, at this time, I was appointed to Airbus Programmes manager for Gardner Broughton, and effectively was the main conduit for the site for all Speed Shop / Tactical sales that were required for the new A350 production line, and also legacy platforms, such as A380 / A330 / A400m, and A320. Daily duties included customer communication, and focus on delivering tight time scale product into Airbus, working closely with their design engineers to find solutions to their NPI
Helen Swift
Helen Swift is the UK Public Affairs Manager for Airbus’ Research, Technology & Innovation Portfolio across Airbus Commercial
Manager within the aircraft maintenance, production, repair and modification business sectors. A firm believer in delivering organic growth in any business through increased efficiency output, customer base expansion and new product development. Jason actively promotes positive cultural change within the businesses he has managed to ensure existing strengths that are sometime hidden within organisations are fully recognised. Within his current position as General & Accountable Manager for Aerocare Aviation Services ltd, Broughton, he holds the esponsibility for the day to day management of a progressive part 145 maintenance company with full accountability for all Quality, Operational, Production, Sales, Commercial, Material Mgt & Continuous Improvement departments within the new business. Jason lives in North Wales and is married
James Bennett
James joined AerFin in July 2016 as a senior member of the management team. He has a career spanning nearly 20 years in the aviation industry
Geraint Spearing
Geraint Spearing became the Chief Executive of the Defence Electronics Components Agency (DECA) in Deeside, North Wales upon
Aircraft, Defence and Space & Helicopters divisions. She is responsible for supporting the company’s £500m annual R&D investment programme, the development of Airbus’ advanced research facilities and securing long term funding lines which deliver critical technical innovations that grow UK aerospace and defence capabilities, helping the company to remain at the top of an extremely competitive world market. Helen has worked at Airbus for over a decade and has a degree in Public Relations from Bournemouth University.
including senior commercial and sales and marketing positions within a leading engine consultancy services business, a rapidly growing aerospace and electronics parts manufacturer and Chromalloy, the worldwide manufacturing and repair
launch of the Agency in April 2015. He took up the position as the CE (designate) in June 2014 where he led the formation of the Agency, during the sale of the Defence Support Group.
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