Mr Andrew Stevens was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Cobham plc in 2005. He joined Cobham plc in 2003 as Group Managing Director (Aerospace Systems). He graduated with first-class honours in engineering and has over 20 years' manufacturing, operations and general management experience within the TI group(Dowty Aerospace) and with Bowthrope plc (Cable Management Sector).

In the early part of his career he held various positions in the Dowty Aerospace Division and later went on to become General Manage of Dowty Aerospace Landing Gear (UK) in 1992. He also served as Managing Director in Messier-Dowty Limited, and was appointed Managing Director of Messier-Dowty (Europe), the world leader in landing gear systems, in October 1997.

On 3 November 1999, Mr Stevens was appointed Chief Operating Officer for Messier-Dowty International, with an international management team comprising over 2700 staff reporting to him. Mr Stevens then joined Rolls-Royce in 2000 as Managing Director of Rolls-Royce Defence - Europe.

Mr. R. James Cudd was assigned his president position in November 1999. He possesses 15 years of experience in the Aerospace industry. Prior to his current position, Mr Cudd was President of the Canaan Group, a consulting group specializing in the aerospace industry. He has a broad background encompassing management of manufacturing businesses, marketing and sales groups, M&A functions, business development organizations and program groups, and possesses extensive exposure to the European and ASian aerospace industries.

Prior to joining the Canaan Group, Mr Cudd worked for Singapore TEchnologies as the President of the aerospace manufacturing operations. He has also held senior positions with Pratt & Whitney and AlliedSignal in addition to early career experience with Booz, Allen & Hamilton and the Unites States Navy.

Mr Cudd holds a B.S degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and an MBA in finance and accounting from Columbia University