Our leadership
Meet the team driving Filtronic’s success

Pete Magowan

Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Remuneration Committee

Peter (Pete) Magowan was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 19 November 2018 and as Chair of the Remuneration Committee in March 2019.

‍Pete is a Non-Executive Director of Solid State Group plc. He was previously an early employee and main board member of ARM Holdings, an Executive at Fidelity International Ltd and General Partner at Alta Berkeley Venture Partners.

Pete´s early operational career was in sales and marketing at leading technology companies. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and a Diploma in Marketing from the University of Bristol Business School.

John Behrendt

Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee

John Behrendt was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 1st January 2021

John has over thirty years of experience in a combination of executive and non-executive roles and qualified as an accountant with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

He was Head of Principal Investments with Eight Roads, part of the Fidelity network of companies, from 2015 until January 2020. John has held a number of leadership and operational roles, including, as CEO of Optegra, an international health care company; as CEO/CFO of Frontier Silicon Limited, a VC backed supplier of components/software for mobile devices and digital audio markets; as CFO for Teraview Limited, an instrumentation devices company operating in the pharmaceutical and defence markets; and as CFO for Alphamosaic Limited, a VC backed fabless chip company.

Sarah Shaw

General Counsel & Company Secretary

Sarah Shaw joined Filtronic plc as General Counsel in January 2025 and was also appointed Company Secretary in September 2025.

At Filtronic she is responsible for leading global legal affairs. Across both of her roles, her remit includes commercial contracting, regulatory compliance, corporate governance and risk management.

Sarah has over a decade of professional legal experience, previously holding a variety of senior legal and contracts roles within the Teledyne Technologies Incorporated group.

Sarah graduated from Bristol Law School with a Bachelor of Law degree and is a practising Solicitor in England and Wales.