James Baker

James Baker is the Managing Director of BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre. He is responsible for the delivery of BAE Systems’ corporate research activity, university partnerships and technology acquisition activity to deliver new capabilities and technologies to BAE Systems and its customers.

James holds a position on the joint Research and Development Group (ex National Defence Industry Council Research & Development Group) where he has chaired a number of sub-working groups including the Business Models Working Group – looking to develop innovative new ways of working to develop new capabilities through pulling through and exploiting R&D. He has also recently been elected a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.