XTEK Limited announced the appointment of Philippe Odouard as Managing Director of the company following the resignation of Brian Malcolm, its present CEO. Mr. Odouard has had a long career in the defence industry, working in different senior management positions for Thales Group in Australia and Europe. More recently, Mr. Odouard was the Managing Director of Quickstep Holdings Limited.

He took it from a start up without turnover to a major player in the composite products industry in Australia.