Pat Kennelly is a founder of Cytec Consulting. He is a Chartered Engineer with over 35 years engineering experience in automotive and aerospace, with 25 years in Executive Leadership, the last decade being spent in in the defence sector.
Pats career has seen him being responsible for the development of several complex wheeled defence vehicles and vehicle systems, driving innovation projects, and exploring emerging technologies. He has managed multi-disciplinary teams and has been instrumental in supporting international clients with programmes involving topics such as engineering and design, capability development, offsets and industrial participation, and technology transfer.
In addition to defence, he has extensive experience of motorsport, having spent 7 years on the WRC as well as mainstream automotive as part of the powertrain engineering team at Lotus. Pat is an expert in vehicles, vehicle performance and delivering design, development, and analysis solutions.
Pats diverse sectoral background and business leadership experience puts him in unique position to offer technical oversight and participate in strategic evaluations from many perspectives.