Calian Group has appointed Chris Pogue, the previous CEO of Thales Canada, to spearhead its newly established Defence & House division.
Pogue will be part of the newly create function on 7 July 2025. He’ll oversee the combination of Calian’s Superior Applied sciences and Studying enterprise items.
This strategic transfer goals to consolidate the corporate’s choices in communications, manufacturing options, coaching, and simulation, to boost service supply for purchasers within the defence and area sectors.
His stint at Thales Canada concerned broadening naval assist providers and spearheading initiatives in AI and digital transformation.
Pogue additionally managed MDA Authorities’s Defence House portfolio and held main roles at Basic Dynamics Mission Techniques Canada and CAE Skilled Companies.
Calian CEO Kevin Ford stated: “Chris Pogue is one among Canada’s most achieved leaders in defence and area innovation. His observe report—rising Thales Canada’s assist of the Canadian Armed Forces, main MDA Authorities’s Radarsat Constellation mission and constructing international simulation-based providers—provides him the imaginative and prescient and operational rigor to energy Calian’s next-generation defence & area capabilities.”
Pogue has greater than 20 years of senior government expertise and is a retired Royal Canadian Air Drive officer with over 3,500 flight hours on the C-130 Hercules.
This appointment transfer aligns with Calian’s One Calian 2026 technique geared toward bolstering its capability to ship important options in high-stakes situations.
“I’m thrilled to affix Calian at such a pivotal time—for the corporate, and for Canada and its allies—as we face more and more advanced international uncertainty and alternatives. Bringing collectively the subject material specialists and modern options from Superior Applied sciences and Studying permits us to harness our collective strengths, co-innovate with our area and defence companions, and ship the reliability and precision mission success calls for,” Pogue acknowledged.
