Introduction Ben Stancliffe

Managing Director, Cicor site Gosport

STS Defence have been part of the Cicor Group since January 2024. I have been the Managing Director since the beginning of June this year, having previously been the Finance Director for 2 years.

I have spent the majority of my career in finance and general management positions within the transport and defence sectors, always in engineering companies, often in high pressure environments with critical customer requirements. Working in these environments has led to a real understanding of the crucial role that engineering and technology plays throughout all of our lives and the importance that high quality products and engineering services have on delivering for customers; something that we at STS take extremely seriously and continue to invest in, aiming to provide exceptional service to our customers.

I am very excited at the prospect of leading STS Defence through our next period of growth as part of the Cicor family. We have grown steadily for the last 3 years and I can see future growth as the Defence sector continues to perform strongly in the UK and Europe.

We have spent a lot time and effort during the course of this year reviewing and improving processes, recruiting and training new staff and making upgrades to our facility. We have just started on a year long building project to further improve our facility which we look forward to moving in to in the summer of 2025.

When I am not at work I enjoy filling my time by being outdoors as much as I can; if I’m not walking my dog on the beach I might be cycling or walking in some of the fabulous Hampshire and Sussex countryside. I enjoy tackling longer hikes with friends, the most notable being the GR20 which is a walking route that follows the mountains of Corsica from top to bottom and covers 200km.

I also enjoy escaping to Greece when I can where I walk in the mountains and snorkel in the amazing water of the Southern Mediterranean.