Simon Godber

Director & Chief Executive Officer
Strategy, Mission, Vision

Dr Godber has been working in aviation security since 1991 and in the field of X-ray diffraction imaging since 2008. He has extensive experience of absorption and diffraction X-ray imaging, with specific application knowledge for aviation security. He has led teams that have developed several novel X-ray systems for checkpoint security and has worked on various programs sponsored by DHS since 1996.

Simon co-founded HALO X-ray Technologies in 2012 with academics from two UK universities and has since been CEO, growing the business both technically and commercially. He led a seed investment in HALO in 2019 and a Series A round in 2023.

Simon was a founding member of Image Scan Holdings in 1996 and was CTO when Image Scan floated on the UK AIM stock exchange in 2001. He led the development of the first commercial stereoscopic Xray system for checkpoint security, which was tested at TSL in 2002 and underwent various trials at Heathrow Airport in the UK.

He was an academic researcher from 1988-1996 and has co-authored numerous research papers since then, including underpinning the X-ray diffraction technology for current systems and products developed by HALO.