Larry Prior, an operating executive for The Carlyle Group (Nasdaq: CG) and a five-time Wash100 Award recipient, will formally join the board of QinetiQ Group on Aug. 2 as an independent non-executive director.
Neil Johnson, chairman of Qinetiq, said in statement Tuesday that Prior will bring to the company’s board his professional experience in the aerospace, defense and government services, information technology and cybersecurity sectors.
Prior, a former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer, also serves as a board member at Carlyle portfolio companies Novetta Solutions, KLDiscovery and Two Six Technologies, where he is the chairman.
He also joined the board of security solutions and data analytics company Shift5 in mid-July.
His GovCon industry experience includes time at CSRA, BAE Systems, ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) and Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC).
