VOL 87 | FEB 2026
Hello from Steve Holloway Let me give you a little background for those of you that I have not met before. I lead the engineering team across the Horsham and Plymouth sites and also work with Michael Green, Chris Henderson and Steve Hogg in the development and management or our technology roadmap. I’ve been working in a defence environment for about 33 years and have just passed my 5 year milestone at Chess Dynamics. I am based at Horsham but actually live in Portsmouth where I have been for most of my working life, married to Claire for over 27 years and with a son studying Computer Science at Surrey University. I also have two bonkers Siamese cats that some of you may have seen hijacking the occasional Teams meeting. In terms of my experience, I trained as a physicist but thankfully the IET agreed I could qualify as a chartered engineer fairly early in my career, which sounds much more practical. Something evident when you get to know me, is my drive to do things better. I am sure in your day to day work you come up against blockages and frustrations that you wish could be changed. If you are new to Chess, you may not appreciate our origins or the journey we have travelled to get here. Since I have been at Chess, I have seen a remarkable transformation of the engineering team and other departments thanks to many of you stepping up to improve processes, tools, structures and so on. Change can be a difficult process but when it’s done for the right reasons it can make a real positive difference to our colleagues and our company performance. We recently conducted an employee survey because we want to understand how we can make Chess a better place to work. There is more to do. This is a collective responsibility, and we actively encourage initiatives to improve the way we work together. So don’t look at your process, test rig, product design, template, etc and think, “typical Chess”, we don’t need to settle with the way we are.
Same Team, New HQ
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The rumours are true - our Horsham office will be moving in the near future.
Why are we moving? This move supports the next phase of our business growth. The new site offers a more suitable layout, improved facilities, and the capacity to meet both our current needs and future ambitions. Where is the new office? Our new HQ will be located in Southwater at Charwood House, a 60,000 sq ft site designed to better support our teams and operations. When is the move happening? Key dates are yet to be finalised but will be shared well in advance. We’ll keep everyone informed with clear updates on: When the new site will be fully operational Move date(s) Any phased relocations More details will be shared at the next communications meeting - watch this space!
- Steve
marketing@chess-dynamics.com
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