Rob Harper MBE is the founder and CEO of Rowden Technologies. A former UK Airborne Forces communications engineer, he later worked in defence acquisition before establishing Rowden in 2017.
Under his leadership, Rowden has become one of the UK’s fastest-growing engineering companies, designing and delivering sensing and information-sharing systems for defence, intelligence, and national security in degraded and denied environments. As a trusted prime integrator, Rowden leads major UK programmes while expanding sovereign manufacturing and exportable product lines in sensor processing and communications.

Rob’s focus is on reshoring critical capability and supporting the emergence of a resilient mid-market, rooted in UK engineering talent and capable of delivering assured systems to domestic and allied markets.