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Chief Of Defence Materiel
The Chief Executive Officer of Defence Equipment and Support, formerly the Chief of Defence Materiel, is a senior post in the UK Ministry of Defence created in April 2007. It merges the roles of Chief of Defence Procurement and Chief of Defence Logistics into a single post responsible for leading Defence Equipment and Support. Postholders Chief of Defence Materiel * General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue 2 April 2007–December 2010 * Sir Bernard Gray Sir Bernard Peter Gray (born 6 September 1960 in Redhill, Surrey) is a British businessman, journalist, and former government worker. Education Gray read chemistry at the University of Oxford. Career Gray worked for five years in investment b ... from 4 January 2011–2015 Chief Executive Officer of Defence Equipment and Support * Tony Douglas September 2015–January 2018 * Michael Bradley January 2018–May 2018 * Sir Simon Bollom May 2018–September 2022 * Andy Start September 2022 – Present References United Kingdom def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Of Defence Procurement
The Chief of Defence Procurement was a senior post in the British Ministry of Defence. The post-holder was Chief Executive of the MoD Procurement Executive from 1971 until 1999 and then Chief Executive of the Defence Procurement Agency until 2007. It was open to serving officers as well as civilians. Chiefs of Defence Procurement *Sir Derek Rayner (1971–1972)Hunting Defence Bargains Flight Global, 31 May 1973 *Sir , KCB (1972–1974) *Sir George Leitch, KCB OBE (1974–1975) *Sir |
Chief Of Defence Logistics
The Chief of Defence Logistics was a senior post in the British armed forces. As of 1 April 2007 the Defence Logistics Organisation was merged with the Defence Procurement Agency to form a new organisation called Defence Equipment and Support. This was led by the Chief of Defence Materiel. CDL, as it is abbreviated, was responsible for all of the organisation and running of the logistical support to all three branches of the armed forces, the Royal Navy, the Army, and Royal Air Force. CDL was the head of the Defence Logistics Organisation.New Chief of Defence Logistics takes up post Defence Logistics Organisation, 2 September 2002 The post was created in 2000 by the MOD who brought together all the logistics departments and MOD central agencies together ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defence Equipment And Support
Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is a trading entity and joint-defence organisation within the UK Ministry of Defence. It began operating on 2 April 2007, following the merger of the MoD's Defence Procurement Agency and the Defence Logistics Organisation, under the Chief Executive Officer of Defence Equipment and Support. DE&S initially had a civilian and military workforce of around 29,000 (77 per cent civilian and 23 per cent military) in the UK and abroad. As of 2022 the DE&S workforce had reduced to around 11,500 with the majority based at MoD Abbey Wood in Bristol. History Defence Equipment and Support was established on 2 April 2007. It is overseen by the Minister of State for Defence Procurement. The organisation supports Strategic Command and the individual armed services through Navy Command, Army Headquarters and Headquarters Air Command. Strategic governance Defence Equipment and Support Board Includes: Mark Russell became chairman in November 2019. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin O'Donoghue
General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue, (born 9 December 1947) is a retired British Army officer and former Chief of Defence Materiel. He retired from the service in December 2010, being succeeded as Chief of Defence Materiel by Bernard Gray. Early life O'Donoghue was born on 9 December 1947, to Phillip James O'Donoghue and Winifred Mary O'Donoghue. He studied at University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. He graduated in 1971 with a first-class Bachelor of Science. Military career O'Donoghue joined the Territorial Army in 1968. He was commissioned in the Royal Engineers as a second lieutenant (on probation) on 10 October 1968. He was attending university and had previously been an officer cadet. In 1971, after approximately two years as a troop commander in 75 Engineer Regiment, he converted to a Regular Commission and spent the next 5 years in the British Army of the Rhine. In 1976, O'Donoghue moved to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst as an instructor. He the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Gray
Sir Bernard Peter Gray (born 6 September 1960 in Redhill, Surrey) is a British businessman, journalist, and former government worker. Education Gray read chemistry at the University of Oxford. Career Gray worked for five years in investment banking and capital markets, for Bankers Trust and Chase Manhattan, in London and New York City. He spent nearly ten years as a journalist at the Financial Times Group, including as a defence correspondent. He was recognised in the ''Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards'' in 1996 for the ''Best Defence Submission''. From 1997 to 1999 Gray was a special adviser to former Defence Secretaries George Robertson and Geoff Hoon, during which time Gray directed the Strategic Defence Review of 1998. From 1999 to 2001 he was Strategy Director of the UK publishing and events division of United Business Media, CMP Information. He was heavily involved in the proposed Carlton Carlton may refer to: People * Carlton (name), a list of those w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Douglas (businessman)
Tony Douglas is a British businessman. He served as the CEO of Etihad Airways from January 2018 to October 2022. He also previously served as chief executive of Abu Dhabi Airports Company (2013–2015), and as chief executive of Defence Equipment and Support department in the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence (2015–2017). He has also held senior positions with airport operator BAA, and as Chief Operating Officer of Laing O’Rourke. Career Douglas joined British Aerospace in their regional jet production facilities in 1990, became manufacturing and logistics director at Kenwood plc in 1996 and then joined BAA plc in 1998 becoming Group Supply Chain Director, then Group Technical Director, then Managing Director of Heathrow Terminal 5 and finally Chief Executive of Heathrow Airport. Douglas went on to be Chief Operating Officer at Laing O'Rourke in August 2007. After that he became Chief Executive of the Abu Dhabi Ports Company (in which role he led the Khalifa Port and In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bradley (businessman)
Michael Paul Bradley CB is a British businessman. He has served as Chief Executive of Defence Equipment and Support. Career In 1995 Bradley joined Alstom Rail where he latterly served as Finance Director of their Traction business. He went on to become Finance Director of Enterprise, the support services business, in 2004, Director General (Resources) and Finance Director of Defence Equipment and Support in January 2012 and then Chief Executive in January 2018. In May 2018 he was replaced as Chief Executive by Sir Simon Bollom. Bradley was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2017 New Year Honours The 2017 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours were awarded as part of the New Year celebrati .... References Offices held Living people British industrialists 20th-century English businesspeopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Bollom
Air Marshal Sir Simon John Bollom, (born 1960) is a retired senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer who is currently serving as Chief Executive Officer of Defence Equipment and Support. RAF career Educated at the University of Southampton, Bollom joined the RAF as an engineer in 1981.Professional high flyers: RAF joins forces with the Institution Institute of Mechanical Engineers He became Director, Tactical Mobility at the in November 2000, Director |
United Kingdom Defence Procurement
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