Peter Hotham

Peter Hotham was appointed to the SESAR Joint Undertaking in the role ‘Chief Architect’ in June 2008, responsible for all the technical (Air Traffic Management) aspects of SESAR, including overall Architecture and the development of technical standards. Since January 2010, in his role of ‘Chief for Technology and Innovation’ he has been responsible for the fitness for purpose of the technical content of the Programme as well as driving the set-up and content of the SESAR Long Term Research and Innovation activities. From January 2012 Peter has the additional responsibility of Deputy Director Operations & Programme in the SJU, where he will ensure research, development and validation of the new technologies are delivered in accordance to plan while meeting the aviation industries needs. Prior to SESAR Peter had worked for 29 years in System Engineering and Programme Management, specialising in both Civil and Military Air Traffic Management. This has included airports, centres, surveillance systems, data processing & display systems, project management, system engineering, research and development, system and enterprise architecture. He was previously Chief System Architect for NATS, the UK Air Navigation Service Provider. Peter is a British national and graduated with an Honours Degree in Mathematics & Telecommunications and also a post-graduate diploma in Computing for Commerce & Industry.