Elbit Australia appoints new chair

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26 February 2021

By: Liam Garman

The defence contractor has appointed a new chair to head up its advisory board.

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Elbit announced the appointment of Dr Karen Stanton as chair of Elbit Systems of Australia on Thursday.

Dr Stanton has been on the board of Elbit Australia since August 2018 as a non-executive director and was appointed to the Centre for Defence Industry Capability as a member of the advisory board in 2016. Prior to working at Elbit, she was an entrepreneur and an academic.

“Dr Stanton will oversee the transformation of Elbit Systems of Australia as it gains independence and takes control of its security, governance, IT and engineering, in order to address any foreign ownership concerns,” managing director Major General (Ret'd) Paul McLachlan AO, CSC, said.

Dr Stanton said, “I am honoured Elbit Systems of Australia has chosen me to oversee one of the most important developments in the business since the inception of Elbit Systems into Australia in 2007.”

Liam Garman

Editor – Defence and Security, Momentum Media

Liam began his career as a speech writer at New South Wales Parliament before working for world leading campaigns and research agencies in Sydney and Auckland. Throughout his career, Liam has managed and executed international media and communications campaigns spanning politics, business, industrial relations and infrastructure. He’s since shifted his attention to researching and writing extensively on geopolitics and defence. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney and a Masters in Strategy and Security with Excellence from UNSW Canberra, with a thesis on post-truth, postmodernism and disinformation operations.

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