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Mr Doug Umbers
Managing Director,
Serco Defence
United Kingdom
Doug is responsible for leading Serco’s UK Defence business. The business, including our VIVO JV, has revenues of over £1bn and over 4000 staff, delivering operational services in the Space, Maritime, Aerospace and Land domains, including managing critical national infrastructure assets. Serco is also the Prime Contractor for the Armed Forces Recruiting programme.
Prior to joining Serco, Doug was the COO of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) including 11 months as the interim Chief Executive Officer. Previously, he led private sector businesses that design, build and operate technical and technology services for customers such as the Ministry of Defence, the intelligence services, the BBC, foreign governments, and the mobile operators, both in the UK and overseas. He was on the executive teams at VT Group (now Babcock International) and Arqiva, a broadcast and telecoms infrastructure provider. He started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers and is a chartered accountant.
Prior to joining Serco, Doug was the COO of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) including 11 months as the interim Chief Executive Officer. Previously, he led private sector businesses that design, build and operate technical and technology services for customers such as the Ministry of Defence, the intelligence services, the BBC, foreign governments, and the mobile operators, both in the UK and overseas. He was on the executive teams at VT Group (now Babcock International) and Arqiva, a broadcast and telecoms infrastructure provider. He started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers and is a chartered accountant.
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