Steve Ludlam is a defense industry engineer and former chief executive of the Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC).
He was recruited to ASC from the United Kingdom in 2010 and held the position until mid 2014.
He first worked with Rolls-Royce as a development engineer on nuclear submarine programs.
He was promoted to General Manager of the Submarine Nuclear Reactor Test Establishment prior to his executive appointment.
[3] In 2015, Ludlam was appointed to the Defence SA Advisory Board in South Australia.