Dräger Appoints National Resilience and Government Business Development Manager

Dräger, an international leader in the fields of medical and safety technology, has appointed Atlanta Taylor as National Resilience & Government Business Development Manager to strengthen its support for government and public sector organisations looking to further national resilience. 

Atlanta began her career at defence engineering company, Babcock International, working across aerial emergency services and defence flight training. Most recently, she has focused on how data enablement can better support and inform aerial firefighting operations.  

In her new role at Dräger, Atlanta will work with UK and Irish government organisations and Category 1 (fire and rescue services, the NHS, and health agencies) and Category 2 (partners across utilities, transport and critical infrastructure) responders.  Across all groups, she will be identifying how Dräger can further support the UK and Ireland’s  ability to respond to major incidents such as wildfires, pandemics and industrial events– enhancing preparedness and recovery. This will include building on Dräger’s existing work with emergency services, defence and critical industries to explore how capability, data and strategic partnerships can deliver further benefit to market.  

Atlanta says she is looking forward to the opportunity to support critical services: 

“My career to date has shown me just how much work goes on behind the scenes to keep critical services delivering– whether that’s helicopters responding to emergencies, teams standing up for wildfire season, or navigating contested supply chains during conflict,” she says. “Dräger already supports a wide range of essential services, , and I’m excited to look at how we can use our technologies, partnerships and our data to help further strengthen national resilience.  

From day-to-day operations to long-term planning, there is a real opportunity to support our customers in making more informed decisions that ultimately protect lives and assets.” 

Matt Evans, Head of Government for UK and Ireland Safety Division, who Atlanta will report to, says Atlanta will be valuable in strengthening Dräger’s support for government and public sector organisations: “Atlanta’s experience will help us work even more closely with government agencies and emergency services as we continue to deliver reliable solutions that protect lives, supportng the UK’s ability to prevent, withstand and recover from emergencies across infrastructure, public safety, industry and health.” 

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