(Redmond, WA) – B.E. Meyers & Co. Inc. is proud to announce that Mr. Jamie Wilford, OBE, MA, has joined the team as the company’s Senior International Business Development Manager.
“Jamie’s years of international market experience are phenomenal, as well as his extensive operational experience around the world”, said Matt Meyers, Director of Business Development for B.E. Meyers & Co. “We are extremely fortunate to have him as part of the Business Development team as we continually expand our capabilities as a company”.
Prior to this position he was Senior International BD Manager in Exelis for Middle East and Africa with particular responsibility for Night Vision and Communications Solutions.
Joining ITT (Exelis) in 2009, Jamie Wilford held a series of increasingly responsible appointments and upon spin off of ITT into Exelis assumed a senior Business Development Role in Electronic Systems and then later in 2012 was appointed Senior International Business Development Manager for Night Vision and Communications Solutions responsible for Middle East and Africa. During his time in ITT/Exelis, Jamie Wilford generated in excess of $260M in Orders and Sales.
Jamie Wilford Served in the British Army for over 25 years, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. He served exclusively in the British Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces where he held increasingly senior Command and Staff appointments in Battalion, Brigade, Division, Permanent Joint Headquarters and the MOD. He conducted numerous operations that included multiple tours in Northern Ireland, Central America, Sierra Leone, the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan. He was awarded Operational Honors from HM Queen Elizabeth for operations in Kosovo (MBE), Sierra Leone (QCVS) and Afghanistan (OBE).
After leaving the Army in 2005, Jamie Wilford joined Olive Group in Iraq where he was appointed as the Director of Program and Plans, responsible for generating new business and managing multiple high profile security contracts with the US Army, NATO, Iraq Government and numerous Reconstruction Primes and Oil and Gas Majors, overseeing an annual turnover of in excess of $60M. He moved to ITT in 2009 after 4 years in Iraq.
Jamie Wilford holds a Master’s Degree from Kings College London, an Masters in Business Administration from Cranfield University and was a graduate of the British Army Command and Staff College in 1996.
Jamie Wilford lives in the United Kingdom with his wife Katherine and their three children
Jamie can be reached at internationalteam@bemeyers.com.
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