Adrian Leatherland

Full P & L responsibility and Accountable Manager for both Resource Training brand and Resource UAS which comprise the ATS Division. Responsible for 22 staff with 4 direct reports. Training facilities include a dedicated training centre with Radar, ATC Tower, Air Defence and RPAS simulators. Staff include ATC Instructors, RPAS Instructors and simulator role players.

Co-ordinating sales activities across the group and direct management responsibility for the Business Development Team (#4 staff). I also had personal account management of the Royal Norwegian Air Force, Lufthansa Technik and Airbus accounts. My role also included the planning and delivery of the annual Client Conference and co-ordinating major exhibition activities including Paris and Farnborough.

As General Manager for LRTT, I was responsible for the establishment of the business and subsequently the day to day management of the business with particular emphasis on the business development function. I had full P & L responsibility and managed the performance from set-up to delivering an operating profit within 3 years. I had 3 direct reports with a total staff of 21.

I joined Resource Group in 1998 as Business Development Manager for a new subsidiary, Resource Aviation Management. As the company developed, my role expanded encompassing working with other business units, performing direct sales, developing new business opportunities and creating service based solutions for clients across the aerospace recruitment, maintenance, manpower and crew lease businesses.

Modemetric was a specialist systems and software consultancy operating in the military and civil avionics sector. I was responsible for Sales, Marketing and Quality Management Achievements • Successfully attaining BS5750 approval and Tick-IT accreditation • Successfully bidding for supplier status with DRA Boscombe Down and Farnborough (now QinetiQ) • Negotiation and delivery of consultancy agreements with Smiths Industries, Cheltenham

Systems Engineer responsible for management of requirements and testing of EJ200 Engine Monitoring Unit software

Contract Systems Design Engineer on Tornado GR4 Weapon System

Systems Test Engineer for Tornado F3 ACCP Systems Design Engineer for Merlin AFCS Systems Design Engineer for EC225 Maintenance System Systems Design Engineer for Typhoon RHGS System

Systems Engineering, Electronics, Control Theory