GM Technical and Engineering, Integrated Weapons and Sensors, Thales Australia, Sydney

Sarah Sharp is GM Technical and Engineering for Thales’s Integrated Weapons and Sensors business line. Sarah has over 25 years’ experience in Executive level management for R&D, New Product Introduction and Manufacturing in high technology companies. She has delivered innovative and disruptive products from concept stage to commercially successful products across a diverse range of industries including Medical, Defence, Aerospace, Industrial and Consumer applications and incorporating a variety of technologies; Electronics, Optoelectronics, Nanotechnology, Semiconductor, Mechanical, Artificial Intelligence, 3D Printing and Novel Materials. This includes driving numerous Joint Ventures with leading universities and national research institutions across Europe, USA, Asia and Australia.

Sarah has an honours bachelor’s degree and PhD in Physics and MSc in Semiconductor Science and Technology gained at University of London as well as an MBA in Engineering Management gained at Manchester University Business School, UK.