First Line Team

John Kilgallon is the General Manager at Turbine Surface Technologies Ltd, seconded from Rolls-Royce plc where he started in 2001.

After completing his Aerospace Engineering Degree at the University of Bristol John joined Rolls-Royce Bristol and moved into the Turbines Nozzle Guide Vanes (NGV) machining manufacturing eighteen months later. After several years of part ownership for a range of NGVs and as a ME team leader for a range of NGVs, John then led the development of a machining cell as part of the project to build and move NGV operations into the new Bristol Turbines Facility.

In 2008 John moved to the process-driven world of investment casting, as Manufacturing Engineering Manager in the BTF-Foundry, before moving to Derby in 2012 as Chief of Manufacturing Systems, leading development of the shop floor IT capability for Turbines. In 2015 John moved to Rotherham to be the Manufacturing Manager of the Advanced Blade Casting Facility, leading a team to industrialise this highly advanced, automated and digitally capable investment casting facility.

Marcus Hawes is the Head of Operations at Turbine Surface Technologies and started in 2024.

Marcus started his career with an Operations Leadership Apprenticeship at Rolls-Royce in 2012 and held various Production Leadership roles throughout Civil Large Engines, Installations & Turbines.

Upon leaving Rolls-Royce in 2021, Marcus entered the Waste & Recycling sector, where he held Operational and Commercial responsibility for sites recovering non-ferrous metals from incinerated waste.

Marcus obtained his Masters Degree in Engineering Business Management at the University of Warwick.

Ana Garcia Campoy is the Head of Finance at Turbine Surface Technologies Ltd, seconded from Chromalloy UK Ltd where she started in 2024.

Ana previously worked in the automotive industry, on the Board of Directors as Head of Finance for ZF services UK Ltd, part of the ZF group with its headquarters in Germany.

Prior to this Ana performed leadership roles in the food and construction chemical manufacturing sectors.

Ana obtained her Accounting and Business Management Degree from Malaga University in Spain and an MBA in Finance from Leicester University in the UK.

Tom is the Head of Quality, Health, Safety and Environment, joining in 2024.

Tom stated his career in 2004 at Rolls-Royce as a manufacturing engineer and has subsequently gained experience and held leadership position in lean improvements, engineering, quality and HSE. He has worked in several sectors around the globe; in Civil Aerospace, Merchant Marine, Nuclear Defence and most recently Civil Aerospace Customer Airline quality.

Tom has a MEng degree in Manufacturing engineering from Nottingham University, Diploma in Aerospace management from Bristol University and is a Chartered Engineer through the IET.

Ruth Wattam is Head of Human Resources. She joined the company in 2007 and provides leadership for all Human Resources activities including staffing and people development, performance management, compensation and benefits, change management and employee relations. Previously she worked for Northern Foods for 10 years.

Ruth is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Carley Anderson is the Head of Technologies at Turbine Surface Technologies.

Carley has worked for TST for 16 years after coming straight to TST as a graduate from university. She began with a Laboratory Technician role and has progressed through the company from there.
During her career at TST, Carley has held a number of leadership roles including; Laboratory Manager, Yield and Right First Time Improvement Manager, Product and Process Engineering Manager and Operations Manager for Thermal Processes and most recently Head of Quality, HS&E, Occupational Health.

Carley holds a BSc Degree in Applied Science with Forensic Investigation from Middlesbrough University.

Tom is the Head of Planning and IT at Turbine Surface Technologies having started in 2019.

In this role Tom leads both the Production Planning function and also the combined IT and ERP teams.

Prior to joining TST, Tom worked for Rolls-Royce in a variety of roles and sectors from 2003 to 2019, including Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul sector, Manufacturing and Procurement as well as covering both Civil Aerospace and Defence work. This covered work in Ansty, Barnoldswick and Derby sites.

Tom has a BSc degree in Business from Lancaster University, an MSc in Global Supply Chain Management from Nottingham University, and also holds MCIPS status.