Francois Romanet, CEO of Naval Group Pacific, said that Dr Law’s excellence in innovation and collaboration will not only benefit the company, but partners and industry.

“Dr Law’s deep knowledge of the defence innovation landscape, and experience with collaborations across Defence, industry, academic and research, will help drive Naval Group Pacific’s mission to solve some of the local defence industry’s most critical challenges," said Romanet.

"We look forward to the expertise and skills she will bring to every program under her remit.”

Dr Law said she was looking forward to helping Naval Group Pacific drive pioneering research and development initiatives in Australia.

“From the black box flight recorder to Wi-Fi and the HPV vaccine against cervical cancer, Australia is home to world-class innovation," Dr Law added.

"We punch well above our weight, and coupling our country’s inherent curiosity with Naval Group’s dynamic approach to research and development will not only help grow Australia’s defence capability, but lead to inventions and breakthroughs that can benefit many.”

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Dr Law has over 24 years of defence industry experience, coming to Naval Group Pacific after working as acting general manager industry and innovation within Naval Group Australia working on the Future Submarine Program, where she had oversight of the Australian industry capability and the transfer of technology teams.

Prior to Naval Group, Dr Law spent over a decade working for ASC, holding a number of senior level roles with focuses on innovation, science and technology.