Helen Leadbetter

Helen joined the UK Civil Aviation Authority in June 2022 as an Innovation Principle, working on hydrogen, zero emission and Future Flight Challenge projects. Alongside this Helen is leading the creation of the UK CAA’s Net Zero Emissions Propulsion and Hydrogen Challenge.

Prior to joining the CAA, Helen worked for the Aerospace Technology Institute on the FlyZero Project researching the use of hydrogen as an aviation fuel in the aviation ecosystem and before this within the aviation industry working across UK, Europe, North America, Far East and Middle East.