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Dr Richard Drake is Babcock’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He joined Babcock in 2007 and has held several senior management roles across the business before taking up his current role as CTO. He has overarching responsibility for driving Babcock’s Innovation & Technology strategy and brings with him extensive industrial experience across defence, aerospace and nuclear alongside transformation, cultural change and business growth.

Richard is a Chartered Engineer, holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Bath University, is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and  a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Programme.