🗣️ “The biggest barrier to young women and girls to have a career in our industry is the small number of role models. If you can’t see it, you can’t be it." - Lee Kormany, Executive General Manager - Business Operations. Over the coming weeks and months, we'll be shining a spotlight on the career journeys of some of our incredible Novans. We hope to bring visibility of those who could inspire more women and people from diverse backgrounds into a career in Aerospace, Engineering or Technology. "I joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1994, and concluded my career in the Military after 21 years’ full-time service in July 2015, joining Nova Systems in August 2015 as an Engineering Consultant," Lee explains. "Nova is a company that appreciated the skills I had gained over a 21 year defence career and allowed me to continue to contribute to the security of Australia and our allies. "The biggest barrier to young women and girls to have a career in our industry is the small number of role models. This means that young girls and women don’t consider this is a career for them as they can’t see anyone who looks like them doing it. "It is great to see more girls entering engineering at university and our graduate program has strong representation of women, but seeing more representation of women in all levels of leadership and roles is so important.”
📣 WELCOME BACK We are delighted to welcome back our former Board Chair Julie Cooper FAICD who has rejoined the Board as a Non-Executive Director following an extended leave of absence to travel around Australia. Julie is based in Adelaide and brings a wealth of Board experience and global corporate experience to Nova following her work in the UK, Europe, Asia, PNG, and the Middle East including in leadership roles in Defence, Aerospace and Technology. It was foreshadowed at the time that Julie would return to the Board this year and we are delighted that this has occurred as anticipated.
📣 ANNOUNCEMENT: New era of leadership for Nova Systems Nova Systems has welcomed a new era of leadership as Dean Rosenfield commences as CEO. As a highly experienced senior business leader with over 20 years of experience in the Defence Industry, Dean is excited to take on this new venture and explore the opportunities in the company’s core markets of Defence, Essential Services, Government, Special Missions, and Commercial Aerospace. “I have a strong affinity and connection to Nova Systems after working closely with the team in the past,” Dean said. “I have watched with interest as Nova Systems has grown its global footprint with offices based in Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Singapore and New Zealand as the company continues to extend its capability and services to the rest of the world. Prior to joining Nova, Dean was a Senior Vice President/Chief Marketing Officer of Saab AB responsible for leading the global business development and sales function and Group Managing Director Saab UK responsible for leading the UK business operating in the Defence, Public Safety and Underwater Robotics sectors. Dean has led businesses in Sweden, Singapore, the UK, Australia and New Zealand and was previously Managing Director of the Saab Australia and New Zealand businesses.
