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Airbus Defence and Space Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 30

  1. Richard John Franklin 2020–2023 Director View profile
  2. Julian Bruce Whitehead 2014–2022 Director View profile
  3. Michael Joseph Stevens 2014–2016 Director View profile
  4. Edwin Pittomvils 2014–2016 Director View profile
  5. Eric Eugene Albert Beranger 2013–2016 Director View profile
  6. Aidan Mark Joy 2012–2013 Director View profile
  7. Dr Michael Healy 2012–2014 Director View profile
  8. Desiree Pamela Latham 2012–2013 Director View profile
  9. Andrew Patrick Wood 2009–2015 Director View profile
  10. Everardus Wilhelmus Martinus Dudok 2007–2013 Director View profile
  11. Colin Paynter 2002–2020 Director View profile
  12. Evert Dudok 2002–2003 Director View profile
  13. David John Friston 2002–2003 Director View profile
  14. Antoine Francois Bouvier 2002–2007 Director View profile
  15. Christopher Alan Chant 2000–2002 Director View profile
  16. Jonathan Alexander Harwood 2000–2002 Director View profile
  17. Josef Otto Kind 2000–2003 Director View profile
  18. Louis Armand Carlier 2000–2002 Director View profile
  19. Dr Klaus Joerg Ensslin 2000–2002 Director View profile
  20. David Anthony Scannell 2000–2003 Director View profile
  21. Colin James Musgrave 1999–2002 Director View profile
  22. Nicholas Ellis Franks 1996–2002 Director View profile
  23. Roger Nicholas Brownlow Wood 1994–1996 Director View profile
  24. King, Ian Graham, Mr. 1999 Director View profile
  25. Peter Robert Mayne 1992 Director View profile
  26. Walter Richard Wignall 1994 Director View profile
  27. Fiona Elizabeth Ross 2004–2005 Secretary View profile
  28. Kristian Edward Grimes 2001–2004 Secretary View profile
  29. Melanie Jane Chatfield 2000–2001 Secretary View profile
  30. Eric Albert Peachey 2000 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Incorporated
05/12/1989
Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

2 directors on the board

3.4y median 3.4y
average tenure
4.1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Business services 3Other services 2Manufacturing 1Public administration 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
02449259
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
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Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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