The CEA Technologies (CEA) Board of Directors has appointed Alan Clements as Chief Executive Officer.<\/p>\n
Clements joins the company at an important stage in its evolution as a Government Business Enterprise, bringing extensive leadership experience across defence, industry and government.<\/p>\n
He will lead the company as it continues to deliver critical sovereign capability in support of Australia\u2019s strategic defence priorities, with a strong focus on program delivery, innovation, research and development, and sustainable growth.<\/p>\n
Clements’ leadership experience spans senior roles across both industry and defence, where he has led large-scale operations in complex and strategically significant environments.<\/p>\n
Prior to joining CEA, Clements was Vice President of L3Harris Technologies Australia and New Zealand, where he led the company\u2019s strategic growth, supporting capability delivery and expanding export opportunities.<\/p>\n
Before joining industry, he served for more than three decades in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), retiring at the rank of Air Vice-Marshal. His senior defence appointments included Australia\u2019s Defence Attach\u00e9 to the United States and Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy, where he led reforms to improve officer education and organisational culture.<\/p>\n
During his career he was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia and a Conspicuous Service Cross in recognition of his leadership and service over many years.<\/p>\n
The Chair of the Board, Joycelyn Morton, said Clements\u2019 appointment followed a comprehensive and transparent recruitment process.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlan is an outstanding leader with significant experience across defence and industry bringing a strong understanding of the strategic environment in which CEA operates,\u201d Morton stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis proven ability to oversee complex organisations, deliver capability outcomes and build strong relationships across government and the broader defence sector makes him exceptionally well placed to lead CEA.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Board is confident Alan will build on the company\u2019s strong foundations and continue to strengthen its contribution to Australia\u2019s sovereign defence capability.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clements said he was honoured to join the company at such an important time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am excited to be joining CEA at a time when sovereign capability, innovation and delivery have never been more important to Australia\u2019s national security,\u201d Clements said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCEA has an outstanding reputation, world-leading technical expertise and innovation, and is critical in supporting defence capability outcomes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI look forward to working with the Board, staff, government stakeholders and industry partners to build on that strong foundation, and support the company\u2019s continued growth and success.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clements will commence as Chief Executive Officer on 1 June 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The CEA Technologies (CEA) Board of Directors has appointed Alan Clements as Chief Executive Officer. Clements joins the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-697166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}