Admiral Sir George Zambellas
February 27, 2023
Sir George Zambellas was First Sea Lord and Head of the Royal Navy from 2013 to 2016. During his tenure, he took the challenge of global maritime delivery responsibility to the heart of Government, and won the highest level of support, turning this into a political-industrial delivery initiative, with a strong emphasis on the UK/US military-strategic agenda. As an aeronautics and astronautics graduate, and an apprentice and engineer by training, and with transformational leadership expertise, he focussed on delivering breakthrough innovation designing and delivering the largest maritime autonomous exercise in history. He has a passion for exploring, shaping and supporting fresh thinking within the top management of emerging technical sectors, and for leading-edge technologies. Sir George has accelerated his commercial, technical and industrial expertise since leaving military service. He is now in executive or advisory positions to leading tech companies, in the US, UK and Sweden.