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Roke appoints Phil Aitchison as Director of National Security

Roke has appointed Phil Aitchison to its Roke Executive Committee as Director of National Security.

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Phil Aitchison (above), who joined the business in June, will use his 20 years of experience working with critical national infrastructure clients to drive the evolution of Roke’s National Security strategy. As the UK faces more diverse and disruptive security threats, Roke provides operational insight to deliver mission capability that helps clients protect people and the assets they depend on.

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Roke works closely with its clients to co-create capability utilising a rich heritage of delivery in Cyber, AI, Machine Learning, Sensors and Communications. It assures the security of critical mission infrastructure and uses AI with open-source intelligence (OSINT) to provide operational insight in support of decision-making in challenging environments.

Roke’s growth ambition for National Security is to leverage proprietary capability with expertise from SMEs, mid-tier and academic partners to help the UK respond effectively to a world of global uncertainty and regional conflict. Together with the technical expertise of more than 800+ engineers and technologists and the diverse talent of Roke Academy graduates, this is ambition is enabled by Roke’s domain expertise in digital superiority, radio, access, operational cyber and high assurance of cryptographic technologies.

Paul MacGregor, Managing Director of Roke, commented: “Phil joins Roke at a critical time and I’ve no doubt that he will make a lasting impact on our work in National Security. He is a seasoned leader in cyber security, surveillance and security technologies and will provide our clients with outstanding counsel, insight and solutions as their own strategies evolve.”

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Phil brings over 20 years of experience of working with critical national infrastructure clients. Before Roke, he was Executive Director at Alchemmy, led the Digital Security business for Atos across North Europe and was a Business Mentor at the Alacrity Foundation. Roke will benefit from Phil’s broad experience across numerous disciplines including law enforcement, cyber security and big data.

Commenting on his appointment, Phil said: “I’m thrilled to join Roke at a moment where the pace of technology change is matched by the growing and diversifying threats which affect the UK’s security like never before. As a trusted partner to governments, we have an opportunity to build upon Roke’s rich heritage of technical excellence and world class solutions. I’m looking forward to playing my part in further growing our business delivering advanced solutions which keep Britain secure at home and strong abroad for decades to come.”

Roke is part of Chemring Group plc.

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