Selex Galileo appoint new Chairman

Selex Galileo appoint new Chairman

3-Feb-2011 Source: SELEX Galileo

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, is delighted to announce the appointment of Allan Cook to the post of company Chairman. Allan Cook’s wealth of experience and expertise in the defence and security industry will represent a distinctive asset for SELEX Galileo’s transnational business.

“I am delighted with Allan joining our team”, declared Fabrizio Giulianini, CEO of SELEX Galileo, adding: “his knowledge and understanding of the European defence and security markets, as well as his international standing, will give us an edge in facing current evolving and challenging scenarios”.

Allan Cook will maintain his current position at WS Atkins plc, one of the world’s leading engineering and design consultancies, where he held the role of Chairman from February 2010.
Mr Cook is chairman of the National Skills Academy for Manufacturing, a Director of Industry Forum and a committee member of the UK Ministerial Advisory Group for Manufacturing.

In late 2010, Mr Cook became chair of the Skills and Jobs Retention Group, a new industry-led and Government-supported group which has been created to ensure that high value skills in the defence sector can be effectively redeployed where there are industrial changes as a result of the UK’s Strategic Defence and Security Review.

Notes
Allan Cook was appointed Chairman of WS Atkins plc on 1st February 2010. Allan was previously Chief Executive of Cobham PLC, a position from which he retired on 31 December 2009. He is a chartered engineer with more than 30 years’ international experience in the automotive, aerospace and defence industries. Prior to Cobham PLC, Mr Cook held positions at GEC-Marconi, BAE Systems and Hughes Electronics. He is former president of the Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD).

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