About

Shefali Sharma is CEO and Co-Founder of Oxford Dynamics, founded to bring agentic, trustworthy AI into the hands of operators making high-consequence decisions. Shefali leads the company’s strategy, growth and delivery, with a focus on deploying AI systems that reason, explain, and operate under real operational constraints, not in controlled lab environments.

Her work centres on building mission-driven teams and translating advanced AI into deployable capability across defence, national security and aerospace.  Before founding Oxford Dynamics, Shefali worked across the UK defence, space, and government ecosystem, including roles at In-Space Missions, Oxford Space Systems, and the UK Department for International Trade. She holds a Master’s degree in Astronautics and Space Engineering from Cranfield University and completed education in strategy at London Business School.

Shefali believes that the future of operational advantage depends on how effectively humans and intelligent systems work together and that building trustworthy AI is a strategic imperative, not an academic exercise.

Mike Lawton is Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer for Autonomous Systems at Oxford Dynamics. He leads the design and delivery of AI-enabled autonomous and robotic systems, with a focus on building deployable, hardware-led products that operate reliably in demanding real-world environments.

Mike brings over 20 years’ + experience founding and scaling deep-technology businesses at the intersection of hardware, software and complex systems. Prior to Oxford Dynamics, he founded and led Oxford Space Systems, where he built and deployed novel space hardware, secured venture backing and established the company as a globally recognised supplier of critical satellite technologies. That experience of delivering physical systems that must work first time, in hostile environments, directly shapes his approach to autonomy and embodied AI.

As a co-founder of Oxford Dynamics, Mike has been central to defining the company’s product philosophy​. His work ensures that AI, sensing, control and platform constraints are tightly integrated into systems that can be fielded, trusted and scaled.

Dr Edward Jackson is Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer at Oxford Dynamics, where he leads the development of commercial use cases and customer deployments across defence, security and adjacent regulated markets.

Eddie holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and completed postdoctoral research in AI at the University of Oxford. He has deep technical roots in machine vision, agentic AI and embedded intelligence and was a driving force behind the technical inception and early development of Oxford Dynamics’ flagship products. From first principles through to deployable systems, Eddie played a central role in shaping the capabilities that now define the company’s core offering.

As a co-founder, Eddie bridges advanced AI research with operational and commercial reality, ensuring that Oxford Dynamics’ products solve real problems, integrate into live environments and deliver measurable advantage. He believes the most valuable AI is not theoretical or experimental, but deployed, trusted, and used.

Shebin Rawther is Chief Technology Officer at Oxford Dynamics, responsible for taking cutting-edge AI research and turning it into production-grade, go-to-market products. He leads the company’s technology strategy, engineering execution and platform scalability, with a focus on reliability, security and explainability.

With over a decade of experience across full-stack engineering, DevOps and secure system architecture, Shebby specialises in building AI systems that can be deployed into mission-critical environments, including constrained, offline and air-gapped settings. Prior to Oxford Dynamics, he served as a consultant CTO and startup advisor, delivering enterprise-scale platforms for organisations including Public Health England.

At Oxford Dynamics, Shebin ensures that research does not remain in the lab. His focus is on shipping robust AI products that customers can deploy, trust and operate at scale, turning innovation into sustained capability.

Andy Broom is a Board Director at Oxford Dynamics, appointed following the strategic investment by BAE Systems. He supports the company’s long-term strategy, governance and partnerships as Oxford Dynamics scales its deployment of advanced AI and autonomous systems into defence and national security.

Andy brings over a decade of experience in strategy leadership across cyber, intelligence and security-focused programmes. Within BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, he works at the intersection of strategy, investment, and capability development, helping identify and accelerate technologies with the potential to deliver operational advantage at scale.

Before his current role, Andy held senior positions across BAE Systems’ security businesses, including Director of Strategy at BAE Systems Detica. Prior to this, he spent 11 years in investment banking, with a focus on M&A and capital markets advisory in the Technology Media and Telecoms market. He holds a BA in History from Durham University.

As a Board Director, Andy contributes strategic insight grounded in real-world defence delivery, with a focus on helping Oxford Dynamics grow responsibly while maintaining speed, technical ambition, and mission focus.