PentenAmio executive co-chair Matthew Wilson and PentenAmio Australia CEO Sarah Bailey. Photo: PentenAmio.
Canberra-based cyber technology firm Penten has announced a merger with UK company Amiosec.
The merger will see the company, named PentenAmio, expand its capabilities and markets in secure mobile communications and AI-enabled cyber defence and electronic deception technologies.
PentenAmio says it now has about 300 security-cleared professionals, as well as sovereign facilities in Australia and the UK and a growing customer base across several allied nations.
It says the expansion makes the new company one of the world’s largest and most advanced secure classified mobile communications and AI-enabled defence firms for government and military organisations.
PentenAmio executive co-chair Adrian Cunningham said the merger would help the company provide its customers with the agility and innovation they needed, wherever they were in the world.
“By joining forces, we give ourselves, our nations, and their allies access to an unrivalled breadth and depth of expertise across secure communications and beyond,” he said.
The company says the merger will enable it to generate more than $125 million in annual revenue with high growth rates and strong gross profit and earning margins planned. It says it is positioned to invest further in research and development, talent, and to take a sustained leadership role in global security innovation.
The new leadership team will comprise executive co-chairs – Penten founder Matthew Wilson and Amiosec founder Mr Cunningham – former Penten CFO Sarah Bailey as the CEO of PentenAmio Australia and Matt Thomas as the CEO of PentenAmio UK, effective immediately.
Former Penten CEO Greg Barsby will step down from that role, but will continue with PentenAmio as a strategic adviser.
Ms Bailey said the merger was a strategic union of two high-performing businesses with shared values and complementary technologies.
“We are now uniquely positioned to deliver the future of secure mobility and cyber defence – at speed, at scale, and with sovereign assurance,” she said.
Mr Wilson said the merger came at “a moment of global inflection”.
“Rising geopolitical tension and increasing digital threats demand transformative technology responses,” he said.
“PentenAmio is purpose built to meet this demand leveraging scaleable, sovereign deep-tech solutions.
“We’ve built our technologies not just on convenience, but on control, assurance, and mission readiness. PentenAmio is helping governments move beyond compromise – ensuring that classified work stays protected, mobile and sovereign.”
