Strength in Scale

Structuring Capability

Across aerospace and defence, Tier 2 and Tier 3 suppliers hold critical processes but often lack the scale, systems, and capital to meet future demand. FALCO identifies and acquires these high-potential businesses, bringing them together under a unified, end-to-end manufacturing ecosystem that connects capability, capacity, and compliance.

Our acquisition strategy unlocks efficiency, accelerates delivery, and secures industrial resilience for programmes that depend on precision and reliability, ensuring capacity where OEMs need it most.

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The Core of FALCO

Our Key Themes

Strategic acquisition turns potential into performance. For FALCO, that strength is reflected in each of our themes:

Targeted acquisitions in precision manufacuring

FALCO focuses on acquiring SMEs that form the backbone of aerospace precision manufacturing, companies with technical capability, proven quality systems, and untapped growth potential.

  • Focus on Tier 2 and Tier 3 suppliers with critical machining, composites, and assembly expertise.
  • Prioritise certified operations (ITAR, AS9100, NADCAP) to maintain compliance and credibility.
  • Assess targets for scalability, strategic fit, and alignment with Vision 2030 industrial goals.
  • Preserve existing talent and intellectual property while modernising operations under FALCO governance.

Certified Operations and Compliance

Integration brings structure, stability, and standardisation. By unifying approved suppliers into one operating model, FALCO ensures consistency from procurement to delivery.

  • Consolidate fragmented SMEs under a centralised governance and reporting framework.
  • Standardise quality management systems, documentation, and traceability across all facilities.
  • Implement shared procurement channels to reduce cost and improve material availability.
  • Create a single communication chain for clients and OEMs, ensuring transparency and accountability.

Vision 2030 Alignment

FALCO’s investment approach is strategic and measurable, transforming capability into capacity where demand is rising.

  • Deploy targeted capital to expand production areas, upgrade technology, and increase automation.
  • Strengthen digital infrastructure, ERP systems, and production planning software for scalability.
  • Align investment priorities with confirmed OEM backlogs and offset-related programmes.
  • Support equipment modernisation and workforce upskilling to sustain export-level output.

SQDCP Focus

Performance defines partnership. FALCO raises operational standards across every acquired site through structured performance management.

  • Introduce unified KPIs for quality, delivery, cost, and safety across all SMEs.
  • Embed continuous improvement programmes that reduce lead time and enhance throughput.
  • Support leadership training and technical mentoring to improve decision-making and accountability.
  • Use data-driven reviews and digital dashboards to monitor progress and identify growth opportunities.

From Fragmented Supply to Unified Strength

Building scale through strategic acquisition

Strategic acquisition is the engine of growth within FALCO’s model. Through the careful selection and consolidation of high-performing SMEs, FALCO transforms isolated suppliers into a co-ordinated network that can deliver precision, consistency, and scale. Each acquisition is guided by governance, investment, and integration, creating an ecosystem where proven expertise meets advanced infrastructure.

Driving Long-Term Value Through Strategic Consolidation

SME acquisition is not only about ownership, it’s about building resilience. Each acquisition strengthens FALCO’s industrial foundation, creating a network that can deliver consistently, scale rapidly, and operate with discipline. The consolidation of approved SMEs allows FALCO to secure and stabilise the supply chain for major OEMs while embedding high-value work in the Kingdom. It establishes a structured model where experience, technology, and talent converge to deliver sustained competitive advantage. This approach also reduces dependency on single suppliers, shortens supply chains, and enhances regional autonomy. As FALCO expands its footprint, every integrated SME contributes to a wider ecosystem of trusted, compliant, and future-ready aerospace capability.

Building Partnerships That Stregthen the Supply Chain

At the heart of every acquisition is partnership, not takeover. FALCO works with existing management teams to preserve institutional knowledge while providing the capital, structure, and strategic direction required to compete globally. SMEs benefit from access to larger contracts, improved governance, and inclusion in offset-driven programmes that ensure predictable demand. FALCO’s acquisition strategy therefore delivers shared value: stability for SMEs, visibility for investors, and reliability for OEMs. By combining local expertise with international oversight, the group builds a sustainable model that supports Vision 2030’s industrial ambitions while maintaining the precision and accountability the aerospace and defence sector demands.

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Charles Grime

Co-Founder

Charles Grime is a multi‑jurisdictional private practice lawyer and senior executive with over 20 years’ experience establishing and operating investment funds and family‑office investee companies across the UK, Middle East, Africa and India. He has deep expertise in private wealth, debt and equity capital raising, private equity investment, and offshore and fiduciary services.

Charles founded, financed and scaled several African businesses in renewable energy and manufacturing, and served as CEO of a major African fund, during which he achieved UK FCA authorisation. He brings extensive experience managing culturally diverse organisations and workforces in developing economies.

Skilled in governmental negotiation, strategy and commercial structuring, Charles specialises in start‑up development, ESG and sustainable development, renewable energy, venture capital, primary industry and manufacturing, infrastructure and investment fund formation. He previously served as General Counsel to a Middle Eastern royal family.

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Gordon Fraser

Co-Founder

Gordon Fraser is a seasoned industrial executive and investor with over two decades of leadership experience in aerospace, defence, and advanced manufacturing. He is the founder of Falco Strategic Advisors, an investment and advisory platform focused on building sovereign manufacturing capability across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the UK, and transatlantic markets.

Previously, Gordon served as CEO and Chairman of Mettis Aerospace, a Tier-1 supplier to global OEMs including Boeing, Airbus, and Rolls-Royce. Under his leadership, Mettis delivered transformational growth, major programme wins, and a successful exit to private equity at a significant valuation.

His career has spanned strategic restructuring, cross-border investment, and technology-led industrial transformation, with a track record of executing complex deals and unlocking value in highly regulated environments. Gordon has also worked closely with government bodies, sovereign funds, and defence ministries to deliver compliant, strategically aligned outcomes in sensitive sectors.

Following a successful corporate career, Gordon now leads Falco’s vision to create a state-of-the-art Gigafactory in KSA and consolidate OEM-qualified manufacturing assets under a unified, offset-compliant platform — fully aligned with Vision 2030 and the Kingdom’s national industrial strategy.

He is also an active mentor to senior executives, a fitness enthusiast, and an advocate of leadership through resilience and clarity

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