The Chief of Defence Procurement was a senior post in the

British Ministry of Defence The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is the Departments of the United Kingdom Government, department responsible for implementing the defence policy set by Government of the United Kingdom, His Majesty's Government, and is the headquarters of ...

. The post-holder was

Chief Executive A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

of the

MoD Procurement Executive The MoD Procurement Executive was the acquisition organisation of the Ministry of Defence. The Procurement Executive (widely known as ''PE'') was established on 2 August 1971 as a single procurement agency for all three services with Derek Rayner ...

from 1971 until 1999 and then Chief Executive of the

Defence Procurement Agency The Defence Procurement Agency (DPA), was an Executive Agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence responsible for the acquisition of materiel, equipment and services, for the British armed forces. Led by the Chief of Defence Procurement, t ...

until 2007. It was open to serving officers as well as civilians.

Chiefs of Defence Procurement

*Sir

Derek Rayner Derek George Rayner, Baron Rayner (30 March 1926 – 26 June 1998) was an English businessman, who was chairman and chief executive of Marks & Spencer, and revived and rapidly expanded the company in the 1980s. He began working for M&S in 1953 as ...

(1971–1972)Hunting Defence Bargains
Flight Global, 31 May 1973 *Sir

Michael Cary Sir Arthur Lucius Michael Cary GCB (3 April 1917 - 6 March 1976) was a British civil servant who served as Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence. Early life and education Cary was born to Joyce Cary and Gertrude Margaret Ogilvie at ...

, KCB (1972–1974) *Sir George Leitch, KCB OBE (1974–1975) *Sir

Clifford Cornford Sir Edward Clifford Cornford, KCB (6 February 1918 – 6 May 1999) was a British civil servant and government scientist. Educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, he entered the Royal Aircraft Establishment in 1938 as a junior scientific officer. He w ...

, KCB (1975–1980) *Sir David Cardwell, KCB (1980–1982) *Air Chief Marshal Sir Douglas Lowe, GCB, DFC, AFC (1982–1983) *Sir David Perry, KCB (1983–1985) *Sir Peter Levene, KBE (1985–1991) *Sir

Malcolm McIntosh Malcolm McIntosh may refer to: * Sir Malcolm McIntosh (public servant) (1945–2000), Australian scientist and public servant * Sir Malcolm McIntosh (politician) (1888–1960), Australian politician See also * Malcolm Mackintosh John Malc ...

, KBE, AC (1991–1996) *Vice Admiral Sir

Robert Walmsley Vice Admiral Sir Robert Walmsley, (1 February 1941 – 4 August 2022) was a senior officer of the Royal Navy who served as Chief of Defence Procurement at the UK Ministry of Defence from 1996 to 2003. Early career Robert Walmsley was born in ...

, KCB (1996–2003) *Vice Admiral Sir

Peter Spencer Peter or Pete Spencer may refer to: *Peter Spencer (religious leader) (1782–1843), American Christian leader *Peter Spencer (journalist) (active 1970s onwards), British television news journalist *Peter Spencer (Royal Navy officer) (born 1947), B ...

, KCB (2003–2007)Chief of Defence Procurement at the Ministry of Defence
/ref> The post was subsumed into

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 ...

on 1 April 2007.

References

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