Andy J. Fawkes MSc MBA began his career in 1979 in the UK Royal Corps of Naval Constructors, and after his training he worked on number of submarine projects and taught nuclear systems at the Royal Naval College Greenwich. Following several central MoD policy posts including HR and in the central MoD science staff he moved into the field of training and simulation in 2000. Since then he has held a number of positions including the MoD simulation policy lead, joint training systems sponsor, and the UK representative on the NATO Modelling and Simulation Group (NMSG) for 12 years, including 2 years as the Group Chair. On leaving MoD in 2012 he has been an independent consultant and regular public speaker on simulation and technology. He also provides consultancy support to Bohemia Interactive Simulations, a global provider of training simulation software and Ocean Software, which provides military air training and operations management software.