Seasoned executive Brad Feldmann and financial leader John Kavanaugh have joined the QinetiQ SSA board of directors, created in July 2020 under an agreement with the US Defense Counterintelligence & Security Agency to oversee all U,S. defense and security work under a special security agreement.
“The strategic insight and business acumen that Brad and John bring to the SSA Board will strengthen its governance, oversight and guidance in a complex regulatory and security environment,” said John Hillen, chair of the QinetiQ SSA Board,
Feldmann brings over 30 years of executive leadership across technology company Neology, defense and transportation company Cubic Corp., airborne intelligence provider AEVEX and the National Defense Industrial Association. He has experience building and scaling businesses through organic growth and acquisitions and was named by The Wall Street Journal as one of the world’s most influential business leaders in 2020.
Kavanaugh served as chief financial officer at Perspecta Inc., which he launched as a publicly traded company in 2018 before its 2021 acquisition by Peraton, where he remained in senior leadership. He also held executive roles at IT services and consulting company DXC Corp., served as president of Xerox Federal Solutions Group and worked as a vice president at Northrop Grumman.
Feldmann and Kavanaugh succeed former outside directors Tom Vecchiolla, who stepped down earlier this year to become president and chief executive of QinetiQ US, and Dr. Pamela Drew, who died earlier this year.
“I am pleased we have secured Brad and John’s complementary experience in growing and leading organisations relevant to the defence and security sector,” said Steve Wadey, group CEO at QinetiQ. “Their expertise will be highly valuable to the Board as we continue to support our US customers’ national security and defence priorities and drive stable and long-term strategic growth in the US.”