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I served my time as a Metal Spinner  at what was called British Aerospace (now called BAe Systems) in Preston, Lancashire

I then moved to  the Drawing Office at Warton and worked on the JAS Wing group and the R&D function.

Opportunity arose to teach my drawing skills to others and I went on to run the Drawing Office school. Changes within the Training Department led me to become “Training Partner in 4 Shed at Samlesbury. Which then led me to head up the CATIA Support function on Eurofighter for Manufacturing Engineering.

In June 2000  I left BAe Systems and joined CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation) as a Service Delivery Manager on the BAe Systems  Nimrod programme at Warton. This led to the additional responsibilities of being SDM for Engineering, Air Systems and Warton site.

I spent  9 months at Barrow on an Engineering Improvement project on the Astute programme.

My return  found me working as SDM on the BAE Systems. Land Systems account for 2 years. I now work in the IT Procurement Service which supplies IT computing goods and services to the BAe Systems accounts along with MBDA and SELEX

Sir George Robertson and myself who  became Head of NATO and a Life Peer shortly after this event on Eurofighter. Sir George was the Defence Secretary at the time.