Donald Walker

Donald Walker joined Avanti in 2017 with responsibility to develop and deliver services in support of military customers and for growing Avanti’s Defence business in the US, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Prior to joining Avanti Donald spent 18 years as a naval officer followed by a number of years in the commercial world. In the military, Donald served in a number of roles at sea, undertook staff tours in the Ministry of Defence, served ashore in Iraq, India and Pakistan and served on operations with NATO and the EU. In his final job before leaving the military, Donald worked in the UK’s Permanent Joint Headquarters, responsible for the logistic support of all the UK’s overseas military operations.

On leaving the Navy Donald worked first for the Supreme Group and then DynCorp International, delivering logistics support to US, UK, NATO and EU operations across Africa and the Middle East. In 2015, Donald moved to Fujitsu Defence & National Security supporting the sale and delivery of deployable Command and Control and Intelligence systems to the MoD and wider UK Government.

Since joining Avanti in 2017 Donald has forged partnering relationships with satellite operators, equipment manufacturers and system integrators. These partnerships have allowed Avanti to create and grow a Defence business that delivers critical communications support to military and Government users across EMEA.