Bio
Graham Lintott, ONZM
Graham Lintott is Managing Director for Lockheed Martin New Zealand, having been appointed to the position in November 2014.
In this capacity, he is responsible for growing Lockheed Martin’s business in New Zealand.
Previously, Graham served for more than 41 years in the Royal New Zealand Air Force and New Zealand Defence Force. He was a pilot specialising in helicopter operations but commanded at all levels of the RNZAF culminating with his appointment as the Chief of Air Force from 2006 – 2011 in the rank of Air Vice-Marshal (2 star), followed by three years as the Defence Attaché and Head of New Zealand Defence Staff in Washington DC. Graham’s other senior appointments were RNZAF Air Component Commander, Commander Joint Forces New Zealand, and Assistant Chief for Strategic Commitments and Intelligence in Defence Headquarters.
Graham was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in 2008.
He is a graduate of the Australian Joint Services Staff College and the Royal College of Defence Studies in London. He is also a graduate of a number of strategic leadership programmes from USN Post- Graduate School, Institute for Strategic Leadership, NZ Company Directors Course, and Harvard University.
September 2015
