Speakers

Speaker profile

Stuart Atha is a Director with BAE Systems, responsible for the development and delivery of the Air Training Strategy, a remit that includes enterprise-wide multi-domain training. He is a member of the Air Board, Chair of PPM, a high tech entity, and Head of the UK delegation to the NATO Industrial Advisory Group.
Prior to joining BAE Systems in 2020, Stuart served in the RAF for 35 years. His career was dominated by operations both in the cockpit of fast jets and command, notably in the Balkans, Libya, the Gulf and Afghanistan. After serving as the deputy commander of the Permanent Joint Headquarters, responsible for all UK overseas operations, Stuart completed his Service career as Deputy Commander of the RAF, the Air Force Board Member for Operations, a tour that was dominated by the counter-ISIS campaign in Iraq/Syria and the NATO response to a resurgent Russia.
Stuart is an Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham, lecturing on contemporary air power subjects, and patron of the Jon Egging Trust, a charity that seeks to inspire and develop young people.
He also has the privilege to be the RAF Commissioner in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.