Chris Boot is a Managing Consultant specialising in head-hunting key resource in the Defence & Aerospace Sector.
Chris started his career with British Airways and qualified in Aeronautical Engineering. In the early 1980's he fulfilled a number of challenging international roles with Smiths Aerospace, providing technical consultancy and training with governments and airlines throughout the Middle East and Scandinavia. This experience led to a two-year secondment to the Royal Navy, providing avionics technical support on Sea Harrier aircraft.
Building on his International technical experience in the defence sector, Chris further developed his personal and cultural skills during twenty years in increasingly senior management roles on behalf of International market-leading defence and aerospace firms, including Racal, Philips, Plessey and GEC Marconi.
Having gained a robust international background, Chris further honed his skills in commercial and general management including Group Managing Director of the Global Schunk Group of companies.
He has since established CNA's Defence & Aerospace division and has established an enviable blue-chip client list which spans the UK, mainland Europe and the USA, handling assignments on a truly global basis, successfully securing placements up to, and including, Board level in general management, marketing, business development, sales, project and bid management, systems engineering, finance/tax and Information Management.