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Gary Stewart appointed CEO for Australia Sector
Gary Stewart appointed CEO for Australia Sector.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n \n \n News release\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n QinetiQ Group plc\n \n \n \n \n Gary Stewart appointed as Chief Executive for Australia Sector\n \n \n \n \n 16 February 2023\n \n - QinetiQ Group plc (\"QinetiQ\") today announces the formation of a new Australia Sector and names Gary Stewart as the Sector's Chief Executive, effective 01 May 2023.\n \n \n Gary will join QinetiQ from Rheinmetall Defence Australia where he was the Managing Director responsible for strategy and operational delivery in the Asia Pacific region. Gary has a proven track record of transforming and growing businesses, with more than 20 years of experience within the defence industry in the US, Canada, UK, Germany and Australia. He is an engineer and served in the Royal Australian Air Force for 11 years. Gary will join QinetiQ's Leadership Team led by Steve Wadey, QinetiQ's Group Chief Executive Officer.\n \n \n The creation of the new Australia Sector, which replaces what was previously the International Sector, is a further demonstration of QinetiQ's commitment and investment in Australia and is evidence of our ambition to build an integrated global defence and security company focused around our six distinctive offerings and three home countries, of the UK US and Australia. The Australia Sector will be headquartered in Canberra and has more than 1,200 employees worldwide.\n \n \n In recent years, QinetiQ has invested more than A$100million in Australian people, skills and capabilities. The A$53m acquisition of Air Affairs in October 2022, the new Technology and Engineering Centre in Fishermans Bend, Melbourne and the sovereign Test & Evaluation upskilling programme are some of the ways in which QinetiQ is supporting long-term growth in the country, aligned with the Australian government's focus of rebuilding the industrial base to create new capabilities and opportunities.\n \n \n The Australia Sector becomes QinetiQ's global hub for threat representation, including recently acquired Air Affairs, Target Systems (in the UK and Canada) and our German air threat representation and training business. QinetiQ's four Sectors are now Australia, the US, UK Defence and UK Intelligence and together the company is well-placed to support the goals of AUKUS and ultimately ensure the country has the right capabilities to meet the growing stra...