Our People

Tim James, Managing Director

Tim was appointed Ascent Managing Director in November 2018 and has over 20 years experience in the Aerospace and Def...

Tim Croydon – Qualified Instructor 3FTS RAFC Cranwell

Having served a full career of some 32 years in the RAF, I wanted to harness my extensive teaching roles and flying e...

Richard Thorpe, Qualified Observer Instructor

What attracted you to work at Ascent? One of the biggest draws to this job having left a long career in the Royal Nav...

Charlotte Holt, Training Manager, RAF Cranwall

I had joined the RAF, aged 19, straight from school and spent the next 19 years travelling the world and enjoying nea...

Simona Balsaityte, Media Development Specialist

I had already been working on designing courseware for the UKMFTS project for a sub-contracted company, and it felt n...