Sir Barry Thornton KCB, Managing Director
Sir Barry was appointed Managing Director to the Ascent Flight Training group of companies in September 2009.
Previous Roles 2007 – Chief of Materiel (Air)/Main Board member within MOD’s Defence Equipment & Support organisation and...
appointed Ascent Flight Training DMD in October 2009
Ev brings more than 29 years of experience in successful program management and technical execution across Lockheed Martin and IBM organizations. He most recently served as the Director of International Flight Programs for STS...
David Marshall - Finance Director
Current role
David was appointed Finance Director to Ascent Flight Training in January 2008. Previous roles Director, Grant Thornton Project Finance with responsibility for their work in the defence sector and private sector bid support in...
Andrew Cromwell – Acquisition Director
Current Role
Andrew was appointed Acquisition Director in March 2008.
Responsible for acquiring the capability, in terms of infrastructure, training equipment and aircraft, necessary to deliver flight training services to students from the...
Roger Vicker - Head Of Commercial
Current role
Roger was appointed Head of Commercial in June 2009. He is responsible for exploiting and protecting the commercial interests of Ascent; leading a high performing commercial team, working with others, to help Ascent deliver its...
Hayley Vince, Head of HR, Partnering and Communications Current role
Hayley was appointed Head of HR in September 2007. Previous Roles Head of HR - VT Land and RAC Software Solutions. Involved in the set up of ALC defence business and oversaw the due diligence...
Sir Dusty Miller – Senior Military Advisor Current Role
Sir Dusty was engaged in a consultant capacity in July 2008.
Assisting Ascent to realise the UKMFTS vision through liaison with the senior stakeholder community and feedback to the Company and the Ascent Board of Directors....
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