• Angus Harris promoted to Chief Technology Officer
• Angus Bean transitions to Chief Product Officer
• Leadership evolution reflects DroneShield's growth and maturity

DroneShield Limited (ASX:DRO) has announced the appointment of Angus Harris to the role of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). This appointment reflects the company's continued growth and organizational maturity as it scales to meet accelerating global demand across defence and government markets. Mr. Harris brings a wealth of technical and leadership experience from his time at Thales and the Australian Department of Defence. Prior to the promotion, Angus Harris was leading DroneShield's software engineering team. Angus Bean, a foundational member of DroneShield's technology leadership team, will move into the position of Chief Product Officer (CPO). In this role, Mr Bean will concentrate on advancing the company's global product vision and long-term technology roadmap, ensuring that innovation, engineering capability, and customer outcomes remain tightly aligned. Together, Mr Bean and Mr Harris bring complementary expertise that reinforces DroneShield's approach to product development and technology execution. This leadership evolution reflects the substantial growth of the company's technology portfolio and their combined expertise ensures continuity, focus, and depth across the company's engineering and product functions.

The leadership changes position the company to deliver the next generation of counter-drone solutions, especially as the company is seeking for SaaS to grow substantially as a proportion of its revenues.