Rakesh Sharma

Appointed to the Board in May 2017 becoming Senior Independent Director in May 2020.

Rakesh started his career as an electronic design engineer at Marconi in 1983 before moving to Dowty as chief engineer in 1989. He was chief executive of Ultra Electronics Holdings Plc ("Ultra") having previously held several senior and management positions within Ultra and has managed businesses and divisions across the full range of that company’s wide portfolio including in the b2b fintech sector. Rakesh is a chairman of Kromek Group plc.