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 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. I ...
and
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 ...
into a single post responsible for leading
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 ...
.
Postholders
Chief of Defence Materiel
* General Sir
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 ...
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 defence procurement
British military appointments
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