Deputy Director General for the DSA and Director (Technical) MAA
Rear Admiral Tom Manson OBE BSc (Hons), MA, MBA, MIET CEng Royal Navy
Biography
Rear Admiral Tom Manson was appointed Deputy Director General for the Defence Safety Authority on 4 October 2021.
His previous Ministry of Defence roles include:
- Head of Flight Test and Lynx Maintenance Test Pilot
- Air Engineering Officer on 848 Squadron
- Capability Delivery Manager on the Chinook Mk 3 ‘Fix to Field’ Programme
- ‘Streamlining’ Team to a revolutionary change programme on MOD Head Office
- Type Airworthiness Authority for the Unmanned Air Systems Project Team
- Commander (Air Engineering) at RNAS Yeovilton
- Team Leader and Type Airworthiness Authority for both the Hawk TMk1 and TMk2
- Head of UK Military Flying Training System Programme
Deputy Director General for the DSA and Director (Technical) MAA
Responsibilities include:
- As Deputy Director General for the DSA, lead and manage across the DSA, ensuring coherence of all eight Defence Regulators and Branches. (Noting all Regulator Heads have an immutable direct delegation for their regulatory duties from the Director General.)
- Guiding, supporting, advising and providing senior intervention with MOD organisations.
- Senior Technical Subject Matter Expert for the MAA across the Defence Aviation Environment.
- Lead and direct the MAA Regulation and Certification Division.