Dr Llyr Jones is Group Strategy and Corporate Development Director and a member of the Executive Committee at Chemring plc – a FTSE 250 listed company providing a range of advanced technology products and services to the defence, national security and aerospace markets. He has worked across these sectors for over 30 years with his career spanning five continents. Over this time, he has held a wide range of leadership posts focusing particularly on strategy, mergers and acquisitions, business development, industrial policy, and international affairs. Llyr is a Chartered Director and Chartered Engineer as well as Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. He holds degrees from several UK universities – including a PhD from the University of Southampton and an MBA from the Loughborough University School of Business and Economics.