Board & Executive
There is an amazing group of people in the NATS Board and Executive teams who dedicate themselves to the company’s purpose, goals and success.
Chairman
Paul served as Chief Executive Officer of E.ON UK plc from 2002 to 2011 and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
He is Chair of Costain Group plc and a non-executive director of ERA Foundation.
Paul chairs the Nomination Committee. Paul also attends the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee, Safety Review Committee and Transformation Review Committee by invitation.
Non-Executive Director
Maria is Group HR Director for Morgan Advanced Materials, she was appointed to this role in November 2020. Until April 2020 Maria was Senior Vice President HR/Executive HR based in E.ON’s headquarters in Germany.
Maria joined E.ON in 2008 as the UK HR Director. During her time in the UK the business was significantly restructured and emphasis given to becoming a customer focused organisation. Prior to joining E.ON, Maria spent two years in the public sector as Group HR Director for Transport for London and 20 years with Ford Motor Company. Whilst at Ford, Maria was global HR Director for Jaguar, Land Rover and Aston Martin.
Maria is Chair of Trustees of Transport for London’s Pension Fund. Maria chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Nomination Committee. She is also a director and chairs the NATS Employee Sharetrust. Maria is also the designated non-executive director for workforce engagement with the Board.
Non-Executive Director
Mike joined the Board in 2017 having spent the previous11 years at easyJet initially as Group People Director and subsequently as Group Director Europe. During his time at easyJet he has also been Group Director, Transformation and has led on a series of strategic projects including the integration of GB Airways and the successful development of easyJet’s presence in Europe.
Mike’s early career has covered a range of sectors, from high end luxury goods to high volume, low margin electronics and he has direct experience across a number of disciplines. Mike has a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and a Masters in Fluid Dynamics with a background in education and HR. He has operated in organisations across the world and has led businesses and change programmes across all of these. Mike is Chair of AG, Chair of the Transformation Review Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees.
Non-Executive Director
Captain Bart Prudon is easyJet’s Director of Flight Operations, responsible for one of Europe’s busiest and largest airline operations with 330 aircraft over 1000 routes across 34 Captain Bart Prudon is easyJet’s Director of Flight Operations, responsible for one of Europe’s busiest and largest airline operations with 330 aircraft over 1000 routes across 34 countries. Bart also holds the position of Nominated Person Flight-Operations for the UK, responsible for the UK AOC for safety and compliance.
Previously Bart held the Position of Chief Pilot Providing leadership to the group AOC Nominated Persons for Flight Operations and ensure consistency across 3 AOC’s post Brexit. Transforming IT within Flight Operations to deliver a true paperless cockpit and maximizing the use of connectivity to deliver an even more efficient and sustainable operation.
Bart started his career in 1996 flying a range of turbo-prop aircraft for ACMI’s before joining easyJet in 2004. He has flown over 14000 hours and joined management as Flight-Operations Manager in Germany before joining the central leadership team.
Bart is a director of AG and a member of the Safety Review Committee.
Executive Director
Martin took up the post of Chief Executive in May 2015 having been Managing Director, Operations since 2012, with responsibility for NATS’ economically regulated UK and North Atlantic services.
An engineer by training, Martin holds a Master’s degree in Aerospace Systems Engineering from the University of Southampton. He has 20 years of experience in the defence and aerospace industry, and prior to joining NATS was the Managing Director of Lockheed Martin’s Civil Division with responsibility for worldwide ATM programmes as well as UK Government business.
Martin has also worked for the European Space Agency and Logica plc.
Non-Executive Director
Greg served for 36 years in the Royal Air Force, retiring in 2016 as Deputy Commander with overall responsibility for all aspects of safety for all personnel and equipment and, as an independent member of four MoD Boards, helped shape policy on Safety, Information, Logistics and Infrastructure.
He began his military career as a pilot for more than 20 years, with more than 4000 flying hours on Tornado and CF-18 Hornet aircraft, and as a Commander. He became Chief of Military Plans at UK Joint HQ, Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group RAF and Director Joint Warfare, Joint Forces Command.
For the past five years, Greg has worked in the private sector with Cobham plc, AirTanker Ltd and is currently an Executive Director with Cobham Ltd. Greg is President of the UK’s Air & Space Power association, a Fellow of the RAeS and a Distinguished Fellow of RUSI. He is also a chair for senior programmes at the Windsor Leadership Trust, and a trustee of “Flying for Freedom”, which enables wounded, injured and sick service personnel to go solo in microlights. Greg chairs the Safety Review Committee and is a member of the Transformation Review Committee.
Non-Executive Director
Kathryn is currently Director of Operations at Heathrow Airport, where she holds functional responsibility for airside and airfield operations, as well as umbrella responsibility for the day-to-day management and operations of the Airport Operations Centre, resilience and emergency planning.
Kathryn sits on the Risk and Assurance Committee and chairs the Airspace Governance Board for Heathrow and is a Trustee for the Heathrow Multi-Faith Chaplaincy Charity. She joined Heathrow Airport in 2010 as Risk and Safety Director and has held a number of senior operational roles.
Kathryn started her career in financial services working for AIG, and moved to the aviation industry in 1997. She spent 13 years at Virgin Atlantic Airways running their Risk and Safety Management team, as well as establishing the Internal Audit department and Board Audit Committee. She is a member of the Safety Review Committee.
Non-Executive Director
David has nearly 40 years’ blue chip experience in the in the highly competitive global automotive, aerospace and defence industries, including Ford, Jaguar Land Rover and Rolls-Royce. He retired in late 2021 after four years as Group CFO and Board member at QinetiQ.
David worked for Ford for more than 25 years, in a variety of finance and treasury roles including CFO of Ford Otosan (Turkey), CFO of Land Rover and CFO and Strategy Director of JLR. In 2008 he became CEO of JLR during the transition to Tata ownership. Following two years as CEO of JLR he took up two more CFO roles, first at Edwards Group and then at Rolls-Royce before joining QinetiQ.
David was also a Board member of Motability plc for ten years. He is a member of the Advisory Panel at CIMA and a Fellow of the RSA. David chairs the Audit Committee and is a member of the Transformation Review Committee.
Executive Director
Alistair joined NATS as CFO in August 2019 where, alongside finance, he is responsible for economic regulation, data analytics, supply chain and facilities management. He led its regulated business through refinancing in 2021, successfully raising £1.6bn.
Previously he held a number of senior roles at SSE plc, one of the largest energy companies in the UK, latterly being Group Finance Director for their Networks and Enterprise businesses, also having responsibility for the group’s central reporting, tax and treasury functions.
Alistair qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte and is a graduate of INSEAD’s Advanced Management Programme.
Non-Executive Director
Harry spent most of his career in HM Treasury where he focused latterly on policies towards growth, science funding and privatisation and private finance.
He was UK Director at the European Investment Bank from 2001 to 2002. Harry left HM Treasury in 2002 to join the CAA Board as Group Director Economic Regulation responsible for the economic regulation of the designated airports and NATS, as well as the CAA’s economic analysis generally. He was a member of Eurocontrol’s Performance Review Commission from 2005 to 2009 and of the UK’s Commission for Integrated Transport from 2006 to 2010.
Since leaving the CAA in 2011, Harry has been a consultant on economic regulation, undertaking assignments across a range of industries in the UK and overseas. He was vice chair of UCL Hospitals Foundation Trust for six years until August 2019. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Harry is a director of The Airline Group Limited (AG) and NATS Employee Sharetrust, and a member of the Audit Committee.
Non-Executive Director
Gavin joined Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) in 2011 and is Co-Head Direct Equity with responsibility for sourcing, evaluating and monitoring investments within the infrastructure and related portfolio. Gavin serves on a number of portfolio company boards for USS as well as a number of advisory boards for infrastructure funds.
Gavin has worked in the infrastructure sector in the UK and Australia for 20 years. Prior to joining USS, Gavin was a Director at Equitix Limited.
Gavin graduated with an honours degree in Law from the University of Edinburgh and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Gavin is a director of AG and a member of the Remuneration Committee.
Non-Executive Director
Having completed a degree in Japanese and Business Management at Durham University, Louise joined British Airways on the graduate intake scheme in 1998.
Her first 8 years were in the commercial organisation specifically in Sales and Revenue Management. She then moved to the operational side of the business and has undertaken a number of senior management roles in Customer Service and Operations.
In March 2021, Louise was appointed into her current role as Head of Business Readiness which is responsible for overseeing the airline’s preparation to safely return to a full flying programme as demand returns following the Covid pandemic. Louise is a director of AG and a member of the Audit Committee.
Chairman
Paul served as Chief Executive Officer of E.ON UK plc from 2002 to 2011 and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
He is Chair of Costain Group plc and a non-executive director of ERA Foundation.
Paul chairs the Nomination Committee. Paul also attends the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee, Safety Review Committee and Transformation Review Committee by invitation.
Executive Director
Alistair joined NATS as CFO in August 2019 where, alongside finance, he is responsible for economic regulation, data analytics, supply chain and facilities management. He led its regulated business through refinancing in 2021, successfully raising £1.6bn.
Previously he held a number of senior roles at SSE plc, one of the largest energy companies in the UK, latterly being Group Finance Director for their Networks and Enterprise businesses, also having responsibility for the group’s central reporting, tax and treasury functions.
Alistair qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte and is a graduate of INSEAD’s Advanced Management Programme.
Non-Executive Director
Greg served for 36 years in the Royal Air Force, retiring in 2016 as Deputy Commander with overall responsibility for all aspects of safety for all personnel and equipment and, as an independent member of four MoD Boards, helped shape policy on Safety, Information, Logistics and Infrastructure.
He began his military career as a pilot for more than 20 years, with more than 4000 flying hours on Tornado and CF-18 Hornet aircraft, and as a Commander. He became Chief of Military Plans at UK Joint HQ, Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group RAF and Director Joint Warfare, Joint Forces Command.
For the past five years, Greg has worked in the private sector with Cobham plc, AirTanker Ltd and is currently an Executive Director with Cobham Ltd. Greg is President of the UK’s Air & Space Power association, a Fellow of the RAeS and a Distinguished Fellow of RUSI. He is also a chair for senior programmes at the Windsor Leadership Trust, and a trustee of “Flying for Freedom”, which enables wounded, injured and sick service personnel to go solo in microlights. Greg chairs the Safety Review Committee and is a member of the Transformation Review Committee.
Non-Executive Director
Mike joined the Board in 2017 having spent the previous11 years at easyJet initially as Group People Director and subsequently as Group Director Europe. During his time at easyJet he has also been Group Director, Transformation and has led on a series of strategic projects including the integration of GB Airways and the successful development of easyJet’s presence in Europe.
Mike’s early career has covered a range of sectors, from high end luxury goods to high volume, low margin electronics and he has direct experience across a number of disciplines. Mike has a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and a Masters in Fluid Dynamics with a background in education and HR. He has operated in organisations across the world and has led businesses and change programmes across all of these. Mike is Chair of AG, Chair of the Transformation Review Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees.
Non-Executive Director
Gavin joined Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) in 2011 and is Co-Head Direct Equity with responsibility for sourcing, evaluating and monitoring investments within the infrastructure and related portfolio. Gavin serves on a number of portfolio company boards for USS as well as a number of advisory boards for infrastructure funds.
Gavin has worked in the infrastructure sector in the UK and Australia for 20 years. Prior to joining USS, Gavin was a Director at Equitix Limited.
Gavin graduated with an honours degree in Law from the University of Edinburgh and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Gavin is a director of AG and a member of the Remuneration Committee.
Non-Executive Director
David has nearly 40 years’ blue chip experience in the in the highly competitive global automotive, aerospace and defence industries, including Ford, Jaguar Land Rover and Rolls-Royce. He retired in late 2021 after four years as Group CFO and Board member at QinetiQ.
David worked for Ford for more than 25 years, in a variety of finance and treasury roles including CFO of Ford Otosan (Turkey), CFO of Land Rover and CFO and Strategy Director of JLR. In 2008 he became CEO of JLR during the transition to Tata ownership. Following two years as CEO of JLR he took up two more CFO roles, first at Edwards Group and then at Rolls-Royce before joining QinetiQ.
David was also a Board member of Motability plc for ten years. He is a member of the Advisory Panel at CIMA and a Fellow of the RSA. David chairs the Audit Committee and is a member of the Transformation Review Committee.
Executive Director
Martin took up the post of Chief Executive in May 2015 having been Managing Director, Operations since 2012, with responsibility for NATS’ economically regulated UK and North Atlantic services.
An engineer by training, Martin holds a Master’s degree in Aerospace Systems Engineering from the University of Southampton. He has 20 years of experience in the defence and aerospace industry, and prior to joining NATS was the Managing Director of Lockheed Martin’s Civil Division with responsibility for worldwide ATM programmes as well as UK Government business.
Martin has also worked for the European Space Agency and Logica plc.
Non-Executive Director
Maria is Group HR Director for Morgan Advanced Materials, she was appointed to this role in November 2020. Until April 2020 Maria was Senior Vice President HR/Executive HR based in E.ON’s headquarters in Germany.
Maria joined E.ON in 2008 as the UK HR Director. During her time in the UK the business was significantly restructured and emphasis given to becoming a customer focused organisation. Prior to joining E.ON, Maria spent two years in the public sector as Group HR Director for Transport for London and 20 years with Ford Motor Company. Whilst at Ford, Maria was global HR Director for Jaguar, Land Rover and Aston Martin.
Maria is Chair of Trustees of Transport for London’s Pension Fund. Maria chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Nomination Committee. She is also a director and chairs the NATS Employee Sharetrust. Maria is also the designated non-executive director for workforce engagement with the Board.
Non-Executive Director
Harry spent most of his career in HM Treasury where he focused latterly on policies towards growth, science funding and privatisation and private finance.
He was UK Director at the European Investment Bank from 2001 to 2002. Harry left HM Treasury in 2002 to join the CAA Board as Group Director Economic Regulation responsible for the economic regulation of the designated airports and NATS, as well as the CAA’s economic analysis generally. He was a member of Eurocontrol’s Performance Review Commission from 2005 to 2009 and of the UK’s Commission for Integrated Transport from 2006 to 2010.
Since leaving the CAA in 2011, Harry has been a consultant on economic regulation, undertaking assignments across a range of industries in the UK and overseas. He was vice chair of UCL Hospitals Foundation Trust for six years until August 2019. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Harry is a director of The Airline Group Limited (AG) and NATS Employee Sharetrust, and a member of the Audit Committee.
Non-Executive Director
Kathryn is currently Director of Operations at Heathrow Airport, where she holds functional responsibility for airside and airfield operations, as well as umbrella responsibility for the day-to-day management and operations of the Airport Operations Centre, resilience and emergency planning.
Kathryn sits on the Risk and Assurance Committee and chairs the Airspace Governance Board for Heathrow and is a Trustee for the Heathrow Multi-Faith Chaplaincy Charity. She joined Heathrow Airport in 2010 as Risk and Safety Director and has held a number of senior operational roles.
Kathryn started her career in financial services working for AIG, and moved to the aviation industry in 1997. She spent 13 years at Virgin Atlantic Airways running their Risk and Safety Management team, as well as establishing the Internal Audit department and Board Audit Committee. She is a member of the Safety Review Committee.
Non-Executive Director
Captain Bart Prudon is easyJet’s Director of Flight Operations, responsible for one of Europe’s busiest and largest airline operations with 330 aircraft over 1000 routes across 34 Captain Bart Prudon is easyJet’s Director of Flight Operations, responsible for one of Europe’s busiest and largest airline operations with 330 aircraft over 1000 routes across 34 countries. Bart also holds the position of Nominated Person Flight-Operations for the UK, responsible for the UK AOC for safety and compliance.
Previously Bart held the Position of Chief Pilot Providing leadership to the group AOC Nominated Persons for Flight Operations and ensure consistency across 3 AOC’s post Brexit. Transforming IT within Flight Operations to deliver a true paperless cockpit and maximizing the use of connectivity to deliver an even more efficient and sustainable operation.
Bart started his career in 1996 flying a range of turbo-prop aircraft for ACMI’s before joining easyJet in 2004. He has flown over 14000 hours and joined management as Flight-Operations Manager in Germany before joining the central leadership team.
Bart is a director of AG and a member of the Safety Review Committee.
Non-Executive Director
Having completed a degree in Japanese and Business Management at Durham University, Louise joined British Airways on the graduate intake scheme in 1998.
Her first 8 years were in the commercial organisation specifically in Sales and Revenue Management. She then moved to the operational side of the business and has undertaken a number of senior management roles in Customer Service and Operations.
In March 2021, Louise was appointed into her current role as Head of Business Readiness which is responsible for overseeing the airline’s preparation to safely return to a full flying programme as demand returns following the Covid pandemic. Louise is a director of AG and a member of the Audit Committee.
Chairman
Paul served as Chief Executive Officer of E.ON UK plc from 2002 to 2011 and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
He is Chair of Costain Group plc and a non-executive director of ERA Foundation.
Paul chairs the Nomination Committee. Paul also attends the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee, Safety Review Committee and Transformation Review Committee by invitation.
Executive Director
Martin took up the post of Chief Executive in May 2015 having been Managing Director, Operations since 2012, with responsibility for NATS’ economically regulated UK and North Atlantic services.
An engineer by training, Martin holds a Master’s degree in Aerospace Systems Engineering from the University of Southampton. He has 20 years of experience in the defence and aerospace industry, and prior to joining NATS was the Managing Director of Lockheed Martin’s Civil Division with responsibility for worldwide ATM programmes as well as UK Government business.
Martin has also worked for the European Space Agency and Logica plc.
Executive Director
Alistair joined NATS as CFO in August 2019 where, alongside finance, he is responsible for economic regulation, data analytics, supply chain and facilities management. He led its regulated business through refinancing in 2021, successfully raising £1.6bn.
Previously he held a number of senior roles at SSE plc, one of the largest energy companies in the UK, latterly being Group Finance Director for their Networks and Enterprise businesses, also having responsibility for the group’s central reporting, tax and treasury functions.
Alistair qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte and is a graduate of INSEAD’s Advanced Management Programme.
Non-Executive Director
Maria is Group HR Director for Morgan Advanced Materials, she was appointed to this role in November 2020. Until April 2020 Maria was Senior Vice President HR/Executive HR based in E.ON’s headquarters in Germany.
Maria joined E.ON in 2008 as the UK HR Director. During her time in the UK the business was significantly restructured and emphasis given to becoming a customer focused organisation. Prior to joining E.ON, Maria spent two years in the public sector as Group HR Director for Transport for London and 20 years with Ford Motor Company. Whilst at Ford, Maria was global HR Director for Jaguar, Land Rover and Aston Martin.
Maria is Chair of Trustees of Transport for London’s Pension Fund. Maria chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Nomination Committee. She is also a director and chairs the NATS Employee Sharetrust. Maria is also the designated non-executive director for workforce engagement with the Board.
Non-Executive Director
Greg served for 36 years in the Royal Air Force, retiring in 2016 as Deputy Commander with overall responsibility for all aspects of safety for all personnel and equipment and, as an independent member of four MoD Boards, helped shape policy on Safety, Information, Logistics and Infrastructure.
He began his military career as a pilot for more than 20 years, with more than 4000 flying hours on Tornado and CF-18 Hornet aircraft, and as a Commander. He became Chief of Military Plans at UK Joint HQ, Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group RAF and Director Joint Warfare, Joint Forces Command.
For the past five years, Greg has worked in the private sector with Cobham plc, AirTanker Ltd and is currently an Executive Director with Cobham Ltd. Greg is President of the UK’s Air & Space Power association, a Fellow of the RAeS and a Distinguished Fellow of RUSI. He is also a chair for senior programmes at the Windsor Leadership Trust, and a trustee of “Flying for Freedom”, which enables wounded, injured and sick service personnel to go solo in microlights. Greg chairs the Safety Review Committee and is a member of the Transformation Review Committee.
Non-Executive Director
Harry spent most of his career in HM Treasury where he focused latterly on policies towards growth, science funding and privatisation and private finance.
He was UK Director at the European Investment Bank from 2001 to 2002. Harry left HM Treasury in 2002 to join the CAA Board as Group Director Economic Regulation responsible for the economic regulation of the designated airports and NATS, as well as the CAA’s economic analysis generally. He was a member of Eurocontrol’s Performance Review Commission from 2005 to 2009 and of the UK’s Commission for Integrated Transport from 2006 to 2010.
Since leaving the CAA in 2011, Harry has been a consultant on economic regulation, undertaking assignments across a range of industries in the UK and overseas. He was vice chair of UCL Hospitals Foundation Trust for six years until August 2019. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Harry is a director of The Airline Group Limited (AG) and NATS Employee Sharetrust, and a member of the Audit Committee.
Non-Executive Director
Mike joined the Board in 2017 having spent the previous11 years at easyJet initially as Group People Director and subsequently as Group Director Europe. During his time at easyJet he has also been Group Director, Transformation and has led on a series of strategic projects including the integration of GB Airways and the successful development of easyJet’s presence in Europe.
Mike’s early career has covered a range of sectors, from high end luxury goods to high volume, low margin electronics and he has direct experience across a number of disciplines. Mike has a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and a Masters in Fluid Dynamics with a background in education and HR. He has operated in organisations across the world and has led businesses and change programmes across all of these. Mike is Chair of AG, Chair of the Transformation Review Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees.
Non-Executive Director
Kathryn is currently Director of Operations at Heathrow Airport, where she holds functional responsibility for airside and airfield operations, as well as umbrella responsibility for the day-to-day management and operations of the Airport Operations Centre, resilience and emergency planning.
Kathryn sits on the Risk and Assurance Committee and chairs the Airspace Governance Board for Heathrow and is a Trustee for the Heathrow Multi-Faith Chaplaincy Charity. She joined Heathrow Airport in 2010 as Risk and Safety Director and has held a number of senior operational roles.
Kathryn started her career in financial services working for AIG, and moved to the aviation industry in 1997. She spent 13 years at Virgin Atlantic Airways running their Risk and Safety Management team, as well as establishing the Internal Audit department and Board Audit Committee. She is a member of the Safety Review Committee.
Non-Executive Director
Gavin joined Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) in 2011 and is Co-Head Direct Equity with responsibility for sourcing, evaluating and monitoring investments within the infrastructure and related portfolio. Gavin serves on a number of portfolio company boards for USS as well as a number of advisory boards for infrastructure funds.
Gavin has worked in the infrastructure sector in the UK and Australia for 20 years. Prior to joining USS, Gavin was a Director at Equitix Limited.
Gavin graduated with an honours degree in Law from the University of Edinburgh and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Gavin is a director of AG and a member of the Remuneration Committee.
Non-Executive Director
Captain Bart Prudon is easyJet’s Director of Flight Operations, responsible for one of Europe’s busiest and largest airline operations with 330 aircraft over 1000 routes across 34 Captain Bart Prudon is easyJet’s Director of Flight Operations, responsible for one of Europe’s busiest and largest airline operations with 330 aircraft over 1000 routes across 34 countries. Bart also holds the position of Nominated Person Flight-Operations for the UK, responsible for the UK AOC for safety and compliance.
Previously Bart held the Position of Chief Pilot Providing leadership to the group AOC Nominated Persons for Flight Operations and ensure consistency across 3 AOC’s post Brexit. Transforming IT within Flight Operations to deliver a true paperless cockpit and maximizing the use of connectivity to deliver an even more efficient and sustainable operation.
Bart started his career in 1996 flying a range of turbo-prop aircraft for ACMI’s before joining easyJet in 2004. He has flown over 14000 hours and joined management as Flight-Operations Manager in Germany before joining the central leadership team.
Bart is a director of AG and a member of the Safety Review Committee.
Non-Executive Director
David has nearly 40 years’ blue chip experience in the in the highly competitive global automotive, aerospace and defence industries, including Ford, Jaguar Land Rover and Rolls-Royce. He retired in late 2021 after four years as Group CFO and Board member at QinetiQ.
David worked for Ford for more than 25 years, in a variety of finance and treasury roles including CFO of Ford Otosan (Turkey), CFO of Land Rover and CFO and Strategy Director of JLR. In 2008 he became CEO of JLR during the transition to Tata ownership. Following two years as CEO of JLR he took up two more CFO roles, first at Edwards Group and then at Rolls-Royce before joining QinetiQ.
David was also a Board member of Motability plc for ten years. He is a member of the Advisory Panel at CIMA and a Fellow of the RSA. David chairs the Audit Committee and is a member of the Transformation Review Committee.
Non-Executive Director
Having completed a degree in Japanese and Business Management at Durham University, Louise joined British Airways on the graduate intake scheme in 1998.
Her first 8 years were in the commercial organisation specifically in Sales and Revenue Management. She then moved to the operational side of the business and has undertaken a number of senior management roles in Customer Service and Operations.
In March 2021, Louise was appointed into her current role as Head of Business Readiness which is responsible for overseeing the airline’s preparation to safely return to a full flying programme as demand returns following the Covid pandemic. Louise is a director of AG and a member of the Audit Committee.
Chief Executive Officer
Martin took up the post of Chief Executive in May 2015 having been Managing Director, Operations since 2012, with responsibility for NATS’ economically regulated UK and North Atlantic services.
An engineer by training, Martin holds a Master’s degree in Aerospace Systems Engineering from the University of Southampton. He has 20 years of experience in the defence and aerospace industry, and prior to joining NATS was the Managing Director of Lockheed Martin’s Civil Division with responsibility for worldwide ATM programmes as well as UK Government business.
Martin has also worked for the European Space Agency and Logica plc.
Legal Director
Richard is Legal Director which includes the role of Company Secretary. He joined NATS in June 2007 from TUI Northern Europe Limited where he held the position of Group Legal Counsel.
Richard has more than 30 years’ experience in the aviation industry having begun his career as an undergraduate aerospace engineer with British Aerospace plc before qualifying as a solicitor with Norton Rose and subsequently as a Chartered Secretary.
Richard has previously held positions at Thomsonfly, Virgin Atlantic Airways and DHL Worldwide Express and holds a private pilot’s licence.
Human Resources Director
Chris Last joined NATS in November 2019 as the HR Director for the Group, focussing on HR plans to support the business transformation that is necessary for Destination 2030.
Chris has an extensive Human Resources background in Ford Motor Company, as the Director General for HR in the Civil Service and most recently as the Group HR Director for Kier. He has worked throughout the UK as well as the US and Germany.
Chris is now looking forward to working in a different industry with a highly skilled workforce.
Outside of work, Chris travels extensively especially to the US where he lived for a number of years with his family.
Commercial Director
Guy has 25 years’ experience as a finance professional including 19 with NATS. He has recently been promoted to the role of NATS Commercial Director, prior to that he was the Finance Director of NATS Services and before that the Head of NERL Finance.
He has extensive experience across all financial management disciplines. Most recently in his role as Finance Director of NATS Services, he has significant experience creating and negotiating major commercial bids.
This has included the profitable re-negotiation of a number of the companies key airport contracts (Heathrow, Manchester and Stansted) with a total order value over the last 24 months >£1bn and the creation of partnering strategy for Spanish Towers bid with Ferroser S.A. leading to the successful contract award of towers contracts in Spain. Guy is a director of the FerroNATS joint venture.
Guy also recently led the design of the financial strategy for the Services business through Project Merino, which included the identification of operating cost reductions of greater than £110m.
Prior to joining NATS, Guy was Deputy Director of Finance for a major NHS Trust Hospital. Guy holds a social sciences degree from the University of Hull and after leaving university trained and qualified as an accountant.
Safety Director
Dave has been the Safety Director for NATS since April 2022. He is responsible for ensuring the company maintains its focus on continually improving all aspects of safety management and performance, which is particularly important as new technology and new concepts are rolled out over the coming years. In addition to his work on operational safety, he also drives the company-wide capability focus on broader health, safety and wellbeing.
Dave brings a huge amount of operational experience to the role, first starting at NATS in 1992 and gaining validations in Terminal Control, on London TMA and Heathrow Approach. He went on to become Head of Safety at Swanwick and a member of the Operations leadership team for five years.
Since 2014, his roles focused on the future of ATM, policy and airspace, with his most recent position being Director Airspace and Future Operations. He has led NATS’ work on airspace modernisation and the operational concepts we need to deal with the challenges ahead and has represented NATS with customers, general aviation, suppliers, the government, and regulators, at home and abroad.
Communications Director
Simon joined NATS in January 2012 from Masdar where he was Global Head of Communications.
Formerly, he was Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Jaguar Land Rover.
During his three years at Jaguar Land Rover he led a global team of 80 and was responsible for all company internal and external communications, as well as reputation and issue management with all stakeholders.
Simon is a former journalist and a former Vice President of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce.
Chief Financial Officer
Alistair joined NATS as CFO in August 2019 where, alongside finance, he is responsible for economic regulation, data analytics, supply chain and facilities management. He led its regulated business through refinancing in 2021, successfully raising £1.6bn.
Previously he held a number of senior roles at SSE plc, one of the largest energy companies in the UK, latterly being Group Finance Director for their Networks and Enterprise businesses, also having responsibility for the group’s central reporting, tax and treasury functions.
Alistair qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte and is a graduate of INSEAD’s Advanced Management Programme.
Operations Director
Juliet was appointed Operations Director for NATS in December 2015, and is responsible for leading the day-to-day running of Swanwick, Prestwick and the airports.
Prior to this, Juliet was the Operations Director for Swanwick. Appointed to the role in November 2012, Juliet was accountable forrunning the largest Air Traffic Control Centre in Europe.
She was responsible for the regulated en-route Air Traffic Control business and operations across England and Wales, which also includes the approach services for the five biggest London airports and management of the London Terminal Airspace, some of the busiest and most complex airspace in the world.
Juliet has over thirty years of ATC experience both with NATS and in the RAF. She has worked for NATS for over twenty-five years and her previous roles included Operations Director, Airports in which she was responsible for service delivery and management of the sixteen airport ATC contracts NATS operates across the UK including Heathrow and Gatwick.
She spent ten years as a controller at Stansted before moving into a series of operational managerial roles including General Manager at Gatwick.
Technical Services Director
Rob joined NATS in July 2016 and is responsible for leading the company’s deployment of SESAR and associated business transformation. He also oversees the day to day Engineering and Programmes operations.
Previously Rob worked for SITA, the Global Air Transport Technology company, latterly running their global service organisation including engineering, service deployment and transition teams and customer service.
Rob has a Degree in Engineering from Birmingham University and has held a series of operational, sales and delivery focused roles at Digital, BT Syntegra and Logica.
Chief Executive Officer
Martin took up the post of Chief Executive in May 2015 having been Managing Director, Operations since 2012, with responsibility for NATS’ economically regulated UK and North Atlantic services.
An engineer by training, Martin holds a Master’s degree in Aerospace Systems Engineering from the University of Southampton. He has 20 years of experience in the defence and aerospace industry, and prior to joining NATS was the Managing Director of Lockheed Martin’s Civil Division with responsibility for worldwide ATM programmes as well as UK Government business.
Martin has also worked for the European Space Agency and Logica plc.
Chief Financial Officer
Alistair joined NATS as CFO in August 2019 where, alongside finance, he is responsible for economic regulation, data analytics, supply chain and facilities management. He led its regulated business through refinancing in 2021, successfully raising £1.6bn.
Previously he held a number of senior roles at SSE plc, one of the largest energy companies in the UK, latterly being Group Finance Director for their Networks and Enterprise businesses, also having responsibility for the group’s central reporting, tax and treasury functions.
Alistair qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte and is a graduate of INSEAD’s Advanced Management Programme.
Safety Director
Dave has been the Safety Director for NATS since April 2022. He is responsible for ensuring the company maintains its focus on continually improving all aspects of safety management and performance, which is particularly important as new technology and new concepts are rolled out over the coming years. In addition to his work on operational safety, he also drives the company-wide capability focus on broader health, safety and wellbeing.
Dave brings a huge amount of operational experience to the role, first starting at NATS in 1992 and gaining validations in Terminal Control, on London TMA and Heathrow Approach. He went on to become Head of Safety at Swanwick and a member of the Operations leadership team for five years.
Since 2014, his roles focused on the future of ATM, policy and airspace, with his most recent position being Director Airspace and Future Operations. He has led NATS’ work on airspace modernisation and the operational concepts we need to deal with the challenges ahead and has represented NATS with customers, general aviation, suppliers, the government, and regulators, at home and abroad.
Human Resources Director
Chris Last joined NATS in November 2019 as the HR Director for the Group, focussing on HR plans to support the business transformation that is necessary for Destination 2030.
Chris has an extensive Human Resources background in Ford Motor Company, as the Director General for HR in the Civil Service and most recently as the Group HR Director for Kier. He has worked throughout the UK as well as the US and Germany.
Chris is now looking forward to working in a different industry with a highly skilled workforce.
Outside of work, Chris travels extensively especially to the US where he lived for a number of years with his family.
Technical Services Director
Rob joined NATS in July 2016 and is responsible for leading the company’s deployment of SESAR and associated business transformation. He also oversees the day to day Engineering and Programmes operations.
Previously Rob worked for SITA, the Global Air Transport Technology company, latterly running their global service organisation including engineering, service deployment and transition teams and customer service.
Rob has a Degree in Engineering from Birmingham University and has held a series of operational, sales and delivery focused roles at Digital, BT Syntegra and Logica.
Commercial Director
Guy has 25 years’ experience as a finance professional including 19 with NATS. He has recently been promoted to the role of NATS Commercial Director, prior to that he was the Finance Director of NATS Services and before that the Head of NERL Finance.
He has extensive experience across all financial management disciplines. Most recently in his role as Finance Director of NATS Services, he has significant experience creating and negotiating major commercial bids.
This has included the profitable re-negotiation of a number of the companies key airport contracts (Heathrow, Manchester and Stansted) with a total order value over the last 24 months >£1bn and the creation of partnering strategy for Spanish Towers bid with Ferroser S.A. leading to the successful contract award of towers contracts in Spain. Guy is a director of the FerroNATS joint venture.
Guy also recently led the design of the financial strategy for the Services business through Project Merino, which included the identification of operating cost reductions of greater than £110m.
Prior to joining NATS, Guy was Deputy Director of Finance for a major NHS Trust Hospital. Guy holds a social sciences degree from the University of Hull and after leaving university trained and qualified as an accountant.
Legal Director
Richard is Legal Director which includes the role of Company Secretary. He joined NATS in June 2007 from TUI Northern Europe Limited where he held the position of Group Legal Counsel.
Richard has more than 30 years’ experience in the aviation industry having begun his career as an undergraduate aerospace engineer with British Aerospace plc before qualifying as a solicitor with Norton Rose and subsequently as a Chartered Secretary.
Richard has previously held positions at Thomsonfly, Virgin Atlantic Airways and DHL Worldwide Express and holds a private pilot’s licence.
Operations Director
Juliet was appointed Operations Director for NATS in December 2015, and is responsible for leading the day-to-day running of Swanwick, Prestwick and the airports.
Prior to this, Juliet was the Operations Director for Swanwick. Appointed to the role in November 2012, Juliet was accountable forrunning the largest Air Traffic Control Centre in Europe.
She was responsible for the regulated en-route Air Traffic Control business and operations across England and Wales, which also includes the approach services for the five biggest London airports and management of the London Terminal Airspace, some of the busiest and most complex airspace in the world.
Juliet has over thirty years of ATC experience both with NATS and in the RAF. She has worked for NATS for over twenty-five years and her previous roles included Operations Director, Airports in which she was responsible for service delivery and management of the sixteen airport ATC contracts NATS operates across the UK including Heathrow and Gatwick.
She spent ten years as a controller at Stansted before moving into a series of operational managerial roles including General Manager at Gatwick.
Communications Director
Simon joined NATS in January 2012 from Masdar where he was Global Head of Communications.
Formerly, he was Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Jaguar Land Rover.
During his three years at Jaguar Land Rover he led a global team of 80 and was responsible for all company internal and external communications, as well as reputation and issue management with all stakeholders.
Simon is a former journalist and a former Vice President of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce.
Chief Executive Officer
Martin took up the post of Chief Executive in May 2015 having been Managing Director, Operations since 2012, with responsibility for NATS’ economically regulated UK and North Atlantic services.
An engineer by training, Martin holds a Master’s degree in Aerospace Systems Engineering from the University of Southampton. He has 20 years of experience in the defence and aerospace industry, and prior to joining NATS was the Managing Director of Lockheed Martin’s Civil Division with responsibility for worldwide ATM programmes as well as UK Government business.
Martin has also worked for the European Space Agency and Logica plc.
Commercial Director
Guy has 25 years’ experience as a finance professional including 19 with NATS. He has recently been promoted to the role of NATS Commercial Director, prior to that he was the Finance Director of NATS Services and before that the Head of NERL Finance.
He has extensive experience across all financial management disciplines. Most recently in his role as Finance Director of NATS Services, he has significant experience creating and negotiating major commercial bids.
This has included the profitable re-negotiation of a number of the companies key airport contracts (Heathrow, Manchester and Stansted) with a total order value over the last 24 months >£1bn and the creation of partnering strategy for Spanish Towers bid with Ferroser S.A. leading to the successful contract award of towers contracts in Spain. Guy is a director of the FerroNATS joint venture.
Guy also recently led the design of the financial strategy for the Services business through Project Merino, which included the identification of operating cost reductions of greater than £110m.
Prior to joining NATS, Guy was Deputy Director of Finance for a major NHS Trust Hospital. Guy holds a social sciences degree from the University of Hull and after leaving university trained and qualified as an accountant.
Chief Financial Officer
Alistair joined NATS as CFO in August 2019 where, alongside finance, he is responsible for economic regulation, data analytics, supply chain and facilities management. He led its regulated business through refinancing in 2021, successfully raising £1.6bn.
Previously he held a number of senior roles at SSE plc, one of the largest energy companies in the UK, latterly being Group Finance Director for their Networks and Enterprise businesses, also having responsibility for the group’s central reporting, tax and treasury functions.
Alistair qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte and is a graduate of INSEAD’s Advanced Management Programme.
Legal Director
Richard is Legal Director which includes the role of Company Secretary. He joined NATS in June 2007 from TUI Northern Europe Limited where he held the position of Group Legal Counsel.
Richard has more than 30 years’ experience in the aviation industry having begun his career as an undergraduate aerospace engineer with British Aerospace plc before qualifying as a solicitor with Norton Rose and subsequently as a Chartered Secretary.
Richard has previously held positions at Thomsonfly, Virgin Atlantic Airways and DHL Worldwide Express and holds a private pilot’s licence.
Safety Director
Dave has been the Safety Director for NATS since April 2022. He is responsible for ensuring the company maintains its focus on continually improving all aspects of safety management and performance, which is particularly important as new technology and new concepts are rolled out over the coming years. In addition to his work on operational safety, he also drives the company-wide capability focus on broader health, safety and wellbeing.
Dave brings a huge amount of operational experience to the role, first starting at NATS in 1992 and gaining validations in Terminal Control, on London TMA and Heathrow Approach. He went on to become Head of Safety at Swanwick and a member of the Operations leadership team for five years.
Since 2014, his roles focused on the future of ATM, policy and airspace, with his most recent position being Director Airspace and Future Operations. He has led NATS’ work on airspace modernisation and the operational concepts we need to deal with the challenges ahead and has represented NATS with customers, general aviation, suppliers, the government, and regulators, at home and abroad.
Operations Director
Juliet was appointed Operations Director for NATS in December 2015, and is responsible for leading the day-to-day running of Swanwick, Prestwick and the airports.
Prior to this, Juliet was the Operations Director for Swanwick. Appointed to the role in November 2012, Juliet was accountable forrunning the largest Air Traffic Control Centre in Europe.
She was responsible for the regulated en-route Air Traffic Control business and operations across England and Wales, which also includes the approach services for the five biggest London airports and management of the London Terminal Airspace, some of the busiest and most complex airspace in the world.
Juliet has over thirty years of ATC experience both with NATS and in the RAF. She has worked for NATS for over twenty-five years and her previous roles included Operations Director, Airports in which she was responsible for service delivery and management of the sixteen airport ATC contracts NATS operates across the UK including Heathrow and Gatwick.
She spent ten years as a controller at Stansted before moving into a series of operational managerial roles including General Manager at Gatwick.
Human Resources Director
Chris Last joined NATS in November 2019 as the HR Director for the Group, focussing on HR plans to support the business transformation that is necessary for Destination 2030.
Chris has an extensive Human Resources background in Ford Motor Company, as the Director General for HR in the Civil Service and most recently as the Group HR Director for Kier. He has worked throughout the UK as well as the US and Germany.
Chris is now looking forward to working in a different industry with a highly skilled workforce.
Outside of work, Chris travels extensively especially to the US where he lived for a number of years with his family.
Communications Director
Simon joined NATS in January 2012 from Masdar where he was Global Head of Communications.
Formerly, he was Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Jaguar Land Rover.
During his three years at Jaguar Land Rover he led a global team of 80 and was responsible for all company internal and external communications, as well as reputation and issue management with all stakeholders.
Simon is a former journalist and a former Vice President of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce.
Technical Services Director
Rob joined NATS in July 2016 and is responsible for leading the company’s deployment of SESAR and associated business transformation. He also oversees the day to day Engineering and Programmes operations.
Previously Rob worked for SITA, the Global Air Transport Technology company, latterly running their global service organisation including engineering, service deployment and transition teams and customer service.
Rob has a Degree in Engineering from Birmingham University and has held a series of operational, sales and delivery focused roles at Digital, BT Syntegra and Logica.