Experienced technology and communications executive joins Simoco to lead the Group through its next phase of growth and development
Simoco, a global provider of mission-critical communications solutions, has appointed Stephen Beeching as its new Group Chief Executive Officer.
Stephen Beeching joined Simoco on 1 October 2026, bringing extensive senior leadership experience across international telecommunications and technology businesses, with a background spanning complex communications, satellite, defence, security and critical infrastructure.
Prior to joining Simoco, Stephen served as SVP and Managing Director EMEA at Domo Tactical Communications. His previous leadership positions have included SVP Government Systems and Critical Infrastructure at Arqit and UK Managing Director at Viasat. He also spent nearly a decade at Cobham, where his responsibilities included commercial strategy, business development, portfolio development and international P&L leadership.
His experience closely aligns with Simoco’s continued evolution as a mission-critical communications business, combining established communications technologies with next-generation connectivity and integrated solutions.
Simoco provides communications solutions across public safety and first responders, critical infrastructure including utilities and mining, transport, government, defence, councils and the private sector. The Group’s strategy centres on delivering the required customer communications outcomes across traditional and next-generation technologies while ensuring reliability, security and operational resilience required by the changing environmental demands.
Stephen Beeching, Group Chief Executive Officer of Simoco, said:
“I am delighted to be joining Simoco at an important point in the Group’s development. The business has a strong heritage, impressive technical capability and deep experience in critical communications environments where reliability, security and flexibility is imperative for the challenging outcomes that the operators and users have to delivery each and every day.
“There is a significant opportunity to build on these foundations, to strengthen our relationships with customers and partners, and to accelerate sustainable innovative solutions demanded by today’s rapidly changing communications and connectivity missions. I look forward to working with our teams across the Group as we shape the next chapter for Simoco and support our customers into the future.”
Peter Burridge, Group Chairman of Simoco, said:
“We are delighted to welcome Stephen to Simoco. We undertook a thorough search for a leader with the right combination of industry knowledge, strategic thinking, commercial experience and leadership capability to take the Group forward.
“Stephen brings considerable experience from international technology and communications businesses and a strong track record of working in complex markets. The Board believes that he is ideally placed to lead Simoco through its next phase of growth and development.”
Stephen Beeching’s appointment comes as Simoco continues to develop and deliver its solutions and services for adaptive, secure and resilient communications. By integrating traditional radio with next-generation technologies and offering customer focused professional services Simoco is offering user focused solutions into mission-critical and industrial environments globally.
About Simoco
Simoco is a global provider and integrator of mission-critical communications solutions, with a heritage stretching back more than a century. The company combines in-house technology, engineering, systems integration and lifecycle services to deliver communications solutions for organisations operating in critical environments.
Simoco serves customers across public safety, utilities and mining, transportation and logistics, and government and councils, with operations spanning the UK and Australia and a global customer footprint.
