Jonathan Henry Lyle CB (born February 1959) is a British engineer and former senior civil servant. He served as chief executive of

Dstl The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom. Its stated purpose is "to maximise the impact of science and technology for the defence and security of the UK". The ...

between March 2012 and September 2017.

Biography

After an initial post with the Ministry of Defence in

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he worked in the maritime sector in Bath. In 1989 Lyle moved to London and undertook a number of cost and investment studies for future aircraft systems. He moved to the Office of Science and Technology at the Cabinet Office in 1991 and returned to defence procurement in 1996. Lyle was promoted to the

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in 2000 and appointed leader of the Future Offensive Air System Integrated Project Team (IPT). He was then promoted in 2004 to lead the Defence Procurement Agency's aircraft, helicopter and weapons projects. When the DPA was merged into the

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agency in 2007 Lyle was appointed Director General - Helicopters. Lyle was also Director of the College of Management and Technology at the Defence Academy, Shrivenham during 2008 and 2009 and Head of the

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between 2007 and 2011. His final post in Civil Service was as Chief Executive ( DG), Dstl, between 2012-17. Lyle was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2017 Birthday Honours.

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