BMT, an engineering, science, and technology company, has appointed Chelly Litster as acting managing director for BMT’s Australian Defence and Security business. Peter Behrendt is handing over to Chelly, as he moves into his new role as BMT’s global strategy director. Lister is a seasoned business director with a strong focus on capability and has a breadth of experience managing and running companies across multiple disciplines. She joined BMT in 2018.
“I am immensely grateful to Pete for all that he has accomplished for the Australian defence business and wish him the best in his new position within the organisation,” said BMT’s portfolio managing director for Shipping, Defence & Security, Phil Metcalfe. “Chelly has done an outstanding job since starting with BMT two-years ago and brings an intimate knowledge of the business and the market to her new post, combined with a wealth of leadership experience. It is a great credit to her and her team that BMT is a finalist in the Defence Innovator category in this year’s Australian Defence Industry Awards,” said Metcalfe.
BMT has been listed as a finalist in the category of Defence Innovator of the Year in the 2020 Defence Connect Awards for the industry-leading Discrete Event Simulation software that supports Defence with managing major fleet lifecycle requirements. In addition BMT has been recognised for a digital defence training solution, called ‘Warships 101 e-learning’, that allows our industry stakeholders to collectively share their diverse experiences and skills via a secure, digital, game-based/simulation learning platform.
Litster is based in Adelaide, Australia, but will oversee the defence and security business across Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific.
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