Leon Forrest

Leon Forrest currently serves as Chief Operations Officer at Keeler, a position held since August 2022, following a tenure as Operations Director at Oxford Instruments from March 2019 to August 2022. Previous roles include Director of Operations at Baldwin Technology Company, Inc. from September 2012 to March 2019, and Lean Systems Engineering Operations Manager at Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd. from June 2009 to August 2012. Additional experience encompasses Operations Manager at Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (2006-2009), Value Stream Manager at Gems Sensors (2003-2006), and Process Engineering Manager at Bookham Technology (2000-2003). Leon's career also includes a role as Production Engineering Manager at Queensgate Instruments Ltd. (1997-2000) and as Senior Engineer Communications at Racal Electronics plc (1989-1997) within the British Army.