LONDON, England – His Excellency Ellison Greenslade, QPM, Bahamas High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, welcomed Mrs Carlotta Klass, a retired Senior Nursing Officer from The Bahamas, and her son Mr. Christopher Klass, QVRM, engineering manager at BAE Systems Surface Ships UK, to The Bahamas High Commission, 10 Chesterfield St, Mayfair, on Friday, January 11, 2019.
Warrant Officer Class 1 Christopher Elwood Klass, Royal Corps of Signals, Army Reserve, was awarded the Queen’s Volunteer Reserves Medal (QVRM) in Her Majesty annual New Year’s Honours List 2017.
Based in Yeovil, Somerset, Chris Klass is described in his LinkedIn profile as, “A dynamic and solutions-focused professional with outstanding expertise in aeronautics and networks system architectural engineering; increasingly accountable technical leadership positions and broad-scope proficiency in all areas of technical operations to deliver bottom-line improvements in numerous business settings. An accomplished professional astute in managing technical stages of project, supervising life-cycle of code development and compressing timelines to meet client’s strategic requirements. Systematised and tenacious team member involved in all phases of project life-cycles and outstanding communicative ability consistently lead to positive outcomes.”
According to Wikipedia, “BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships is a wholly owned subsidiary company of BAE Systems plc, specialising in naval surface shipbuilding and combat systems integration. One of three divisions of BAE Systems Maritime, along with BAE Systems Maritime – Submarines and BAE Systems Maritime – Maritime Services, it is the largest shipbuilding company in the United Kingdom, one of the largest shipbuilders in Europe, and one of the world’s largest builders of complex warships.”
Wikipedia adds, “It was originally formed as a joint stock subsidiary on 1 July 2008, with the merger of BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions and VT Shipbuilding, creating a new firm named BVT Surface Fleet. The new firm incorporated the BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions operated shipyards at Scotstoun and Govan on the River Clyde in Glasgow and the VT Shipbuilding facilities within the Naval Base at Portsmouth. BAE Systems subsequently acquired VT Group’s share of the joint venture on 30 October 2009 and renamed the business BAE Systems Surface Ships Ltd.”
