Mike is a senior leader within the UK’s Defence and Space community, with experience across the public and private sector, and with national and international Governments and agencies. He is a graduate from the University of Nottingham where he obtained his PhD in Chemistry, and is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and member of their Space Specialists Group.

Mike spent 15 years at Dstl, the research agency of the UK Ministry of Defence, undertaking a range of both technical and corporate leadership roles, including leading the Space Systems Science and Technology (S&T) Programme through a period of significant growth between 2017 and 2023, supporting the development of UK Space Command’s Defence Space Portfolio.

Mike moved to Airbus Defence and Space in early 2023. As Head of Geospatial UK and Future Programmes, his role includes leadership of Airbus’s Geospatial portfolio in the UK, leading defence space projects for UK Space Command, and developing innovative new solutions through the UK Defence R&D ecosystem supporting Airbus’ UK Space strategy.