Dr Dolores Byrne, MD Innovation, QinetiQ

Dr Dolores Byrne

Dolores was appointed as MD Innovation in April 2007 with responsibility for strategic business development and driving QinetiQ's innovation strategy in UK public sector. 

During her career with QinetiQ and its predecessor organisations, Dolores has held a number of technical and managerial positions as the organisation progressed from being part of Government to transitioning in 2001 to the private sector.     Following privatisation Dolores was appointed as Managing Director Public Sector with responsibility for leading the development of QinetiQ's business with national security and civil customers.

Dolores graduated in Physics from Queen's University Belfast and also holds a MBA from Southampton University.  She is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and has served as Vice-President of the Institute of Physics.   She is a member of the board of AIRTO (Association of Independent Research and Technology Organisations) and of the Science, Engineering and Technology Advisory Council of SEEDA.