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An outgoing senior member of Northrop Grumman Australia has been named as Saab’s chief growth officer.
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Chris Keane has been named as Saab Australia’s chief growth officer, having most recently worked as director of future business at Northrop Grumman Australia.
Prior to his role at NGA, Keane had previously served across a range of roles within BAE Systems Australia, including chief of future business and director of strategy and business development.
As part of the role, Keane will oversee the company’s strategic growth function.
The appointment will drive diversification while continuing to deliver for the company’s clients, Saab Australia managing director Andy Keough explained.
“As we continue to successfully deliver our existing projects for our customers, we are seeking to leverage the significant investments that have been made in our sovereign capabilities to create innovative solutions that meet Australia’s strategic defence requirements,” Keough said.
“Chris has extensive experience navigating complex international defence contracting environments with a focus on technology transfer to grow sovereign Australian defence capabilities.”
According to a recent release, Saab has doubled its Australia workforce over the last five years to 1,000 employees, working across land, air, sea, space and cyber.
The announcement comes just a month after the company announced plans to more than double its office facilities in Western Australia to push forward with national growth.
The expansion allows accommodation of employees who will work on Naval Combat Systems projects and supports Saab’s West Australian workforce to grow towards 100 people.
The WA expansion continues Saab’s strong growth across Australia, which has included opening new facilities in Queensland, Victoria, and the ACT in recent years.
“Saab has been delivering combat systems integration, sustainment and maintenance in Western Australia for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) since 2001 and looks forward to continuing this partnership,” said Andy Keough CSC, managing director of Saab Australia.
“We are committed to continuing to grow our specialist workforce and capabilities where the Commonwealth needs us to deliver their strategic priorities.”
The Sweden-headquartered defence and security company already designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems
