Ross Mckenzie

Experience

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  Royal Air Force (RAF)

  Sept 1997 - Oct 2009

  Management and leadership of 120+ squadron personnel. Delivering operations from remote airheads in the Middle East to deliver Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance in a joint multinational environment. Squadron’s senior pilot and flight commander. Implemented measures to mitigate a wide range of operational training and airworthiness issues to ensure safe operation of a legacy aircraft fleet. Implementing RAF youth engagement policy, presenting to large youth audiences, civilian dignitaries, political stakeholders and general public. Pilot Captain of a 4 jet multi-mission aircraft routinely deployed on autonomous global deployments throughout the USA, Europe, and Middle and Far East.

  • Squadron Executive (Deputy Squadron Commander)

    Mar 2008 - Oct 2009

  • Squadron Executive (Flight Deck Leader)

    Aug 2006 - Mar 2008

  • Public Relations Manager

    Aug 2004 - Aug 2006

  • RAF Pilot

    Sept 1997 - Aug 2004
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  NATO

  Oct 2009 - Sept 2010

  Staff Officer Electronic Warfare (Northern Europe Programme Manager)

  Management of NATO's joint Electronic Warfare (EW) training programme. Integrating EW assets in joint multinational exercises across Northern Europe.

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  NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT)

  Oct 2010 - Apr 2014

  Military Assistant to Allied Commander Transformation's representative in Europe

  Principal assistant to 2* Military Committee member. Strategic oversight, preparation and prioritisation of engagements at board level.

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  UK Ministry of Defence

  May 2014 - Jan 2019

  Principal Advisor to UK MOD for European Airspace Policy

  UK Ministry of Defence advisor for European Airspace policy. Ensuring UK influence alongside military and civilian counterparts from 44 nations from across EuroControl, EU and NATO.

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  NATO

  Feb 2019 - now

  Unmanned Aircraft Systems Portfolio Lead

  Delivering NATO’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Policy and Strategy to, and for, the Alliance. UAS Portfolio Lead, Advisor and Secretary to the Joint Capability Group UAS comprising 27+ allied and partner nations across the breadth of technical and operational aspects of UAS.