Vincent Mifsud

Vincent Mifsud

Head of Technology

Dr Vincent Mifsud, joined Cobham as Head of Technology reporting to the Chief Executive in 2006. He holds first-class honours and PhD degrees from Cambridge University in Electrical Sciences, and has more than 25 years international experience working in the medical, aerospace and defence industries on research, the development of high technology products and systems engineering.

In 1992 he joined Vickers plc as Technical Director for Medelec, a neurodiagnostic instrumentation company, and was rapidly promoted to become Divisional Technical Director for the multi-national Medical Division, operating in England, Scandinavia and the USA. Following a strategic review, he moved to head office as Group Technical Director in 1997, responsible for the development of technology strategy in defence, marine equipment, automotive and special materials and he stayed with the Group following the acquisition by Rolls-Royce plc in 1999. Vincent moved to become Chief Executive of a high-technology start-up, SpectraProbe Ltd, in late 2000, in the field of mid-infrared spectroscopy, and developed this company until 2004, when he took over as Managing Director of the Weapons Division in QinetiQ.

Following a successful transition of this division through the IPO, he took the post of Head of Technology in Cobham in early 2006, and is now VP Technology.for Avionics and Surveillance and MD of ERA Technology.