Clive Higgins became Chair of the Telespazio UK Board of Directors in January 2026.

A prominent figure in the UK’s defence and security industry, Clive leads strategic engagement with government, institutions and stakeholders as he drives Leonardo’s ambitious growth and investment strategy in the UK.

Clive holds a BEng Hons in Design Engineering and began his career as an Engineering Apprentice with Westland Helicopters, at what is now Leonardo’s site in Yeovil, the Home of British Helicopters. In 2023, Clive was appointed Chair and CEO of Leonardo UK Ltd, making him responsible for the growth and development of the site where he first started, as well as the company’s extensive electronics and cyber security businesses at eight other facilities around the country. His personal success story underpins Clive’s evangelism for the value of Apprenticeships to UK social mobility and the wider economy.

As well as preserving the company’s position as the UK’s only onshore end-to-end helicopter manufacturer and defence electronics champion, Clive is drawing on his strong delivery focus in policy formulation, business development, campaign winning and change management as he leads an ambitious growth plan for Leonardo in the UK. His focus areas are digital transformation, technology innovation, exports and strategic partnership with the UK customer community. Clive co-chairs the 3-star Strategic Partnering Programme coordinated by the Cabinet Office alongside the Ministry of Defence (MOD), bringing together customers from the front-line commands, other parts of the MOD, the Home Office and agencies.

Clive was elected Vice President for Defence at ADS, the UK’s trade association for the aerospace, defence, security and space sectors in 2024. As a champion of the UK’s defence sector, which he sees as integral to the nation’s security, economy and social mobility, Clive is supporting ADS in its mission to secure and grow UK industry in an increasingly competitive global environment. In 2025, Clive was named Sector Lead for the International Working Group within the MOD’s Defence Industrial Joint Council.

Clive has held senior positions at Leonardo in both the UK and Italy and draws on this international experience and cultural sensitivity to maximise the salience of the UK business within the wider global Leonardo group and secure foreign direct investment for UK onshore science, research and IP development.

Clive was appointed to the Board of Directors of Leonardo UK Ltd. in 2019 and was previously on the Board of Directors of AgustaWestland Ltd. Prior to becoming Chair and CEO, he held the positions of Director of Government Affairs and Director of Human Resource & Organisation at Leonardo UK Ltd.

Sarah Macken was appointed CEO of Telespazio UK in July 2024.

Prior to joining Telespazio UK, Sarah served as Vice President of UK Business Development for Airbus Defence and Space where she was entrusted with ensuring that the UK’s space missions, programmes, and research and development initiatives delivered capabilities that advanced customer competitiveness.

Building on her earlier career in the Aerospace and Defence sector at the UK’s trade body, ADS, she ran her own consultancy providing business development advice. She was part of the team that established the Aerospace Growth Partnership which led to a new way of industry and Government co-investing in substantial research and development programmes.

James has been Chief Financial Officer since joining the company in September 2025.

James was previously CFO at Stalis and has a wide range of skills and experience including mergers and acquisitions expertise, building and leading teams, long term strategic financial planning & provision of management information, business partnering, process & systems improvements and leading organisational change.

Geoff was appointed Vice President of Business Growth in January 2025 following the acquisition and integration of the e2E Group, and following nearly five years as Head of Marketing and Sales for Telespazio UK. He was appointed to the Boards of the three e2E companies and Telespazio UK SL, our subsidiary in Spain, in January 2024.

Geoff’s career has spanned sales and business development, technical, management and innovation roles across the space and energy sectors, having previously worked at CGI, the Satellite Applications Catapult and Schlumberger. His extensive space business experience encompasses domains of Earth Observation & Climate Change, Navigation, Launch, Space Situational Awareness and Satellite Communications.

He is the Space Specialist Group Vice-Chair and Fellow at the Royal Aeronautical Society, a member of the Earth and Space Sustainability Initiative Advisory Board, and a STEM Ambassador for the South-East of England.

Geoff has a 1st Class Honours degree in Mathematical Physics from the University of Warwick; a Master’s Degree in Theoretical Physics from the University of Cambridge; and a PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Durham.

Caroline took up the role of Head of HR at Telespazio UK in February 2024, following the company's acquisition of the e2E group in October 2023.

In January 2025, following the integration of e2E into Telespazio UK, Caroline was appointed VP, People.

Paul has worked for Telespazio for over 25 years and has been in the space industry throughout his entire career.

He was appointed Vice President of Delivery in January 2025 following the acquisition and integration of the e2E group, previously holding the position of Head of Operations in Telespazio UK for several years,

Paul has a wide-ranging technical engineering background spanning spacecraft operations, flight dynamics and ground segment software development, before moving into management and holding various leadership roles within the company.

Trevor was appointed Vice President of Research & Development at Telespazio UK in January 2025. He has around 35 years’ experience in the Space Systems and Defence sectors, performing senior roles in both technical and non-technical aspects of business.  The common thread of Trevor’s wide-ranging experience is expertise in systems and software engineering across the lifecycle.

He has worked in consulting and delivery for diverse high-technology programmes including satellite missions, satcom systems and components, communications planning and simulation, radio communications systems and services, satellite operations support, military training environments and medical device control for example. He also understands how technical businesses work through consulting for satellite operators and other large commercial and military organisations working with primes and in the supply chain.