Tony Quick joined Quickstep Holdings following a highly successful career in the aerospace and defence industries. After graduating from Cambridge University, Mr Quick spent most of his career in international business development, program and business management. He joined an aerospace composites business in 1988 and in 1993, he joined Westland Helicopters in England where he held senior international business development and program management roles. In October 2000, Mr Quick left Westland to emigrate to Australia and, in 2001 he set up GKN Aerospace Engineering Services to service global demand for engineering services. The parent company, GKN Aerospace, is one of the world’s largest independent first-tier suppliers to the global aviation industry providing integrated metal and composite assemblies for aero-structures and engine products. GKN Aerospace Engineering Services provided design services to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program for Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman and grew to employ more than 240 aerospace engineering staff in Australia. Mr Quick was a director and general manager of that company until 2009. Mr Quick was also director of the Defence Industry Innovation Centre, Enterprise Connect from 2009 to 2011.
