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Speaker Profiles

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Jacqueline Castle is Chief Technology Officer at the Aerospace
Technology Institute, where she is accountable for the ATI’s
Technology Strategy to ensure UK Aerospace remains at the
forefront of global aerospace and firmly on the path to a
sustainable future.

Prior to joining the ATI, Jacqueline spent more than 25 years in
the Aerospace Industry at Airbus.

She was the UK Chief Engineer for the Airbus A320 family of
aircraft, with responsibility for the wings, landing gear and fuel
system. Prior to this she held positions as the UK Chief Engineer
for the A380 aircraft, the A330neo development, lead A380 and
A350 landing gear engineering and headed up the Wing Design
Authority organisation.

Jacqueline is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution
of Mechanical Engineers and the Royal Aeronautical Society. She
Jacqueline Castle is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from the University of the
West of England and gained an MSc in Aerospace Design from the
University of Bristol, where she is Professor of Practice at the
Faculty of Engineering.

Alison currently works at an electric vertical take off and
landing vehicle (evtol) company called Vertical Aerospace as
the Head of Structures responsible for development of the
certification and prototype airframes.

Prior to this she worked at Airbus, starting in materials and
processes and then moving onto various roles across the
airframe organisation including Head of engineering for the
A330neo outer wingbox and Trailing edge, A330 neo winglet, and
she was an airframe architect for single aisle developments.
During her career she has developed extensive knowledge and
experience of working with composite materials from the early
concept to certification phases. Alison lives in Bristol with her
husband and two children.
Vertical Aerospace is pioneering electric aviation through its
Alison Green eVTOL aircraft the VX4, which is projected to be capable of
transporting a pilot and up to four passengers, while producing
minimal noise and zero operating emissions. Vertical has
successfully undertaken piloted flight tests with the programme
continuing over the coming months.

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