Dietmar Thelen, Dipl. - Ing., Colonel (of the reserve).
Member of the Hensoldt AG Executive Committee.
Head of Division Spectrum Dominance & Airborne Solutions Hensoldt Sensors GmbH.

• General & Programme Management (18 years): Managing Director (TLVS GmbH), Member Executive Board (RUAG, MBDA-D), C.O.O. (Odebrecht – EADS Defesa), Business Unit Head (RUAG), Programme Director (NATO AGS), Program Unit/Department Head (Airbus)
• Systems Engineering & Integration (14 years): Security & SW Engineer, Head of SW Engineering, Chief Engineer, Head of Engineering covering C4ISR & EW Systems, Space programmes and UAV Systems
• 7 large scale Space and Defence Programmes: C2IS Army (FüInfoSys H), SASPF, SAR-Lupe, Galileo, NATO AGS, TLVS, Eurofighter
• Strategy incl. M&A cases, Business Development (3 years): CyberSecurity, Aerospace & Defence Industry
• International assignments (15 years): ITA, BRA, BEL, CHE, 4 multinational Joint Ventures
• Defence & Aerospace Industries (18 years): Airbus, MBDA, RUAG
• Public Sector (18 years): German Army, NATO, German NSA/BSI
• Strategic Military background: Colonel (GS) of the Reserve, 17 years assignments at DEU MoD, 4 years NATO diplomat (Deputy General Manager NATO AGS Management Agency)