CEO, Droneshield
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Counter-drone technology firm DroneShield has opened an Adelaide R&D hub, growing its national engineering footprint; South Australia's defence industries minister marked the occasion.
DroneShield names Rebecca Lowde, previously at MYOB and Afterpay, as finance chief, succeeding Carla Balanco, while revealing a $251 million full-year order book and an initial sale of its RfRecon detection device.
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DroneShield's long-serving chief executive Oleg Vornik is departing, with technology chief Angus Bean promoted to lead; chairman Peter James is retiring and Hamish McLennan arrives as incoming chair from May.
DroneShield has promoted Angus Harris to chief technology officer, with Angus Bean becoming chief product officer, as the defence-tech company scales; it also flagged a new Adelaide R&D facility.