Meet the Team

Jason Abbott

Jason Abbott

President

Jason joined Chelton in 2021 to lead the company on its journey under new ownership. Having working internationally across the US, Europe, Middle East and the Asia, Jason has more than 20 years’ experience in directing Sales, Engineering and Manufacturing teams. He studied as Brunel University London in which he achieved an honours degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Neil Tomlinson

Neil Tomlinson

Vice President of Sales & Marketing

After a successful career as Regional and International Sales Director with Cobham, Neil now leads Chelton’s Business Development area as Vice President for Sales and Marketing responsible for a team across the world. Neil has a BEng honours in Computer Aided Manufacture Engineering and a Masters in Project Management, both from The University of Salford.

Dyf Morgan

Dyf Morgan

Vice President of Engineering

Dyfrig joined as Engineering Director and now leads the Engineering team and developments with over 25 years of experience behind him. Dyf studied at The University of Southampton where he was awarded a Masters Degree in Electronic Engineering.

James Burke

James Burke

Vice President of Operations

Having studied at the London Business School, James joined Chelton in 2009 and has proceeded to take on a great variety of roles across several parts of the business managing Manufacturing and Suppliers. Having worked as Manufacturing Manager and Value Stream Director, James now heads up Chelton’s operational division as Vice President of Operations.

Declan Waters

Declan Waters

Vice President of Finance

Declan joined Chelton in September 2021 as Senior Finance Business Partner and has been working with the finance team and the BU Managers since then. Declan is a qualified (CIMA) accountant and he brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience having previously worked for Gemini Rail as Finance Manager. Prior to that he spent 15 years working for Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems where he held a number of positions within the finance team.

Chelton is divided into three distinct business units under which all of our operations, sales and other functions fall into; Antennas, Avionics and Land.

Each is headed by experienced Business Unit Managers with a wealth of experience in Sales, Programme Management and with Chelton.

Luca Pelazzo

Luca Pelazzo

Business Unit Manager, Antennas

Luca joined Chelton in 2012, and has worked in a number of positions across the company including project management, product management and most recently in Sales for Leonardo, Italy, Spain, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Luca has a BSc in Chemistry from Imperial College London and an MBA from Imperial College Business School.

Daniel Goodliffe

Daniel Goodliffe

Business Unit Manager, Land

Daniel joined Chelton in 2005 and has progressed to undertake a wide range of roles across various parts of the business. Daniel has held roles in Project and Programme Management, Operations, Contracts & Commercial, Inside Sales and most recently as Product Manager for our portfolio of Land product lines. Daniel has a Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering.

David Collins

David Collins

Business Unit Manager, Avionics

David joined Chelton as the Programme Director for the Emergency Services Mobile Communication Programme contracted by the UK Home Office. Prior to this, David has over a decade of experience in successfully delivering major system engineering programmes into the Ministry of Defence as well as international aerospace customers. David has a Master’s degree in Metallurgy and Material Engineering and is a member of the Association of Project Management, Chartered Management Institute and Institute of Engineering and Technology.