Jacqueline Castle FREng

Headshot of Jacqueline Castle FREng

CTO, Aerospace Technology Institute

Jacqueline Castle is Chief Technology Officer at the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI), where she is accountable for its technology strategy, which directs UK aerospace’s industrial research, to ensure the UK remains at the forefront of global aerospace and firmly on the path to a sustainable future.

Prior to joining the ATI, Jacqueline spent more than 25 years in the aerospace industry at Airbus. While there, she was the UK Chief Engineer for the Airbus A320 family of aircraft, with responsibility for the wings, landing gear and fuel system. Prior to this she was UK Chief Engineer for the A380 aircraft. She has also led implementation of cutting-edge wing technologies and aerodynamic innovations for the fuel-efficient A330neo development, directed A380 and A350 landing gear engineering, headed up the Wing Design Authority organisation, and has worked on all Airbus aircraft products across the complete aircraft lifecycle. Jacqueline is a Chartered Engineer who graduated in mechanical engineering from the University of the West of England.

She also has an MSc in aerospace design from the University of Bristol, where she is now Aegis Professor of Aerospace Technologies at the Faculty of Science and Engineering.