Parent agency Ministry of Defence 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 .[1]
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[2] with the majority based at MoD Abbey Wood in Bristol.[3]
History DE&S headquarters, Abbey Wood, Bristol 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:[1]
Title Name Date Chairman and Non-Executive Director Mark Russell 2019 – MOD Permanent Secretary (PUS) David Williams 2021 – Chief Executive Officer (DE&S) Andy Start 2022 – Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Capability) Lieutenant General Robert Magowan 2022 –
Mark Russell became chairman in November 2019.[4]
The Board provides strategic governance for DE&S and a robust forum for independent, non-executive support and constructive challenge to the Chief Executive and the Executive Committee. The DE&S Board delegates some activities to sub-committees of the Board, namely the Audit, Remuneration, Programme Review and Nomination Committees. The Chairman ensures that the Board receives feedback on these sub-Committees and that it is able to consider their recommendations.[1]
Direction and oversight Executive Committee Defence Equipment and Support Includes:[5]
Title Name Start Date Chief Executive Officer (DE&S) Andy Start September 2022 DG (Ships) Vice-Admiral Paul Marshall 2022 DG (Land) Chris Bushell 2020 DG (Air) Vice-Admiral Richard Thompson 2020 DG (Strategic Enablers) Adrian Baguley 2018 DG Commercial Andrew Forzani 2022 Finance Director David Johnson 2019 Director Human Resources Dr Jill Hatcher 2021 Director Strategy & Corporate Ops Kriahna Dhanak 2020
DE&S is led on a day-to-day basis by the Executive Committee, which consists of the Chief Executive Officer, Director Finance, Director Human Resources, Director Strategy & Corporate Operations, and five Director Generals who lead the delivery of the programme of work in their respective domains.[1]
Sub Committees Includes: The following subordinate Committees provide specialised support to the Executive Committee.[1]
Name Business Case Review Committee Innovation & Prosperity Committee People Committee Performance Committee Safety Committee Security Committee Transformation Committee
Administration of DE&S and senior leadership The organisation has been under the leadership of a civilian Chief Executive Officer of Defence Equipment and Support since 2015.
Chief Executive Officer of Defence Equipment and Support Chief of Defence Materiel Name Title Date held General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue[6] Chief of Defence Materiel 2007 – 2010 [7] Bernard Gray[8] Chief of Defence Materiel 2011 – 2015 Tony Douglas[1] CEO 2015 – 2018 Michael Bradley[9] CEO January 2018 – May 2018 Sir Simon Bollom[10] CEO May 2018 – August 2022 Andy Start[11] CEO September 2022 –
Director General for Air/Army/Navy/Strategic Enablers/Commercial/Resources The Chiefs of Materiel (CofMs), now Director Generals (DGs), are responsible for managing key relationships with the Capability Sponsor and User. They work at the strategic level to make sure that the operational readiness and sustainability needs of the User are met.[12]
The DGs ensure an ethos of support to operations is in place to the User, throughout all DE&S activity.
Chief of Fleet Support Chief of Materiel (Fleet)/Chief of Fleet Support/ [13] [14] [15] Name Date held Vice Admiral Trevor Soar[16] January 2007 – 2009 Vice Admiral Andrew Mathews 2009 – 2013 Vice Admiral Simon Lister[17] [18] 2013 – 2017
Director General (Ships) Chief of Materiel (Ships) Name Date held Sir Simon Bollom[12] 2017 – 2018 Vice Admiral Christopher Gardner[19] 2019 – present
Directorate of Ships Support Director Ship Support Name Date held Neal Lawson[12] 2017 – 2020 Russell Brown [20] 2020 -
Directorate of Ships Acquisition Director Ship Acquisition Name Date held Henry Parker[12] 2017 –
Chief of Materiel (Submarines) This group now is part of the Submarine Delivery Agency.[21]
Chief Executive Name Date held Ian Booth[12] 2017 –
Chief of Materiel (Submarines), post renamed as Chief Executive Submarine Delivery Agency Name Date held Vice Admiral Sir Simon Lister[12] 2017 – 2017
Directorate of Submarine Acquisitions Director Submarine Acquisition Name Date held Rear-Admiral Paul Methven[12] 2017 –
Directorate of Submarines Support Chief Strategic Systems Executive & Director Submarines Support Name Date held Rear-Admiral Keith Beckett[12] 2017 –
Director General (Land) Director General (Land)/Quartermaster-General to the Forces Name Date held Lieutenant General Dick Applegate[22] 16 January 2007[23] – 1 September 2009 Lieutenant General Sir Gary Coward 1 September 2009[24] – May 2012 Lieutenant General Christopher Deverell May 2012 – 8 March 2016[25] Lieutenant General Paul Jaques [12] 8 March 2016 – 7 December 2019[26] Chris Bushell [20] 7 December 2019 – present
Directorate of Land Equipment Director Land Equipment Name Date held Major-General Robert Talbot Rice[12] 2017 – 2017 Major-General Colin McClean[27] 2017 – 2019 Major-General Darren Crook[28] 2019 – present
Directorate of Weapons Director Weapons Name Date held Richard Smart[12] 2017 – 2020 Ed Cutts [20] 2020 -
Director General (Air) Director General (Air) Name Date held Air-Marshal Sir Barry Thornton [22] 1 April 2007 – 30 April 2009 Air-Marshal Sir Kevin Leeson 1 May 2009[29] – October 2012 Air-Marshal Simon Bollom October 2012 – April 2016 Air-Marshal Julian Young[12] April 2016 – September 2020 Vice-Admiral Richard Thompson[30] September 2020 – present
Directorate of Air Support Director Air Support Name Date held Adrian Baguley[12] 2017 – Richard Murray[12] 2019 –
Directorate of Combat Air Director Combat Air Name Date held Air-Vice-Marshal Keith Bethell[12] 2017 –
Director General Strategic Enablers Director General (Strategic Enablers=) Name Date held Dr Andrew Tyler 1 May 2011 – 21 June 2011 Trevor Woolley 1 June 2011 Peter Worrall[12] October 2013 – Adrian Baguley[12] [20] July 2019 – present
Directorate of Intelligence, Surveillance, Target, Acquisition & Reconnaissance Director ISTAR Name Date held Dr Simon Dakin[20] 2020 –
Directorate of Engineering & Safety Director Engineering & Safety Name Date held Stephen Wilcock [20] 2020 – present
Directorate of Digital Information Director Chief Digital Information Officer (CIO) Name Date held Nigel Shaw[20] 2020 –
Directorate of Programmes & Change Director Programmes & Change Name Date held Simon Hughes[20] 2020 –
Directorate of Helicopters Director Helicopters Name Date held Air-Vice-Marshal Graham Russell[12] [20] 2017 –
Directorate of Support Director Support Name Date held Steve Glass[20] 2020 –
Directorate-General (Commercial) Director-General, Commercial Name Date held Nick Elliot[12] 2015 - 2020 Morag Stuart [20] 2020 -
Commercial Operations Director DE&S Commercial Operations Name Date held Alan Peter[12] 2017 – Phil Tozer[12] [20] 2017 –
Commercial Capability Director Commercial Capability Name Date held Mike Greatwich[12] 2017 –
Commercial Improvements Director Commercial Improvements Name Date held Morag Stuart[12] 2017 – 2020 Graham Hyndman [20] 2020 -
Directorate-General (Resources) Director-General, Resources Name Date held Michael Bradley[12] 2016 – 2018 David Johnson[12] 2019 – present
Financial Planning & Analysis Director Financial Planning & Analysis Name Date held David Johnson[12] 2017 - 2019 Ann Underwood[12] [20] 2017 –
Directorate Human Resources Director Human Resources Name Date held Don Cuthbert[12] 2016 Daniel Griffiths[12] 2019 – present
Deputy Director HR Head of Function - HR Deputy Director HR Head of Function - HR Name Date held Katie Sloggett[20] 2020 – present
HR Operations Head of HR Operations Name Date held Scott Murray[20] 2020 – present
Performance & Reward Head of Performance & Reward Name Date held Nick Jackson, interim[20] 2020 – present
Talent & Organisation Development Head of Talent & Organisation Development Name Date held Amanda Lammonby[20] 2020 – present
HR (Strategic Enablers) Head of HR (Strategic Enablers) Name Date held Ruth Moesby[20] 2020 – present
HR (Land) Head of HR (Land) Name Date held Maureen Doherty[20] 2020 – present
HR (Air & Ships) Head of HR (Air & Ships) Name Date held Rachel Tothill[20] 2020 – present
HR (Military Human Resources & Commanding Officer) Head of HR (Military Human Resources & Commanding Officer) Name Date held Captain Nicholas Dodd[20] 2020 – present
Directorate Strategy & Change Director Strategy & Change Name Date held Barry Burton[12] 2019 - 2020 Krishna Dhanak[20] 2020 -
International Relations Group International Relations Group Name Date held Valerie Evans[12] [20] 2019 – present
Corporate Communications Corporate Communications Name Date held Dawn Cunningham-Martin[20] 2020 – present
COVID-19 Operations Cell COVID-19 Operations Cell Name Date held Air Commodore Rob Woods[20] 2020 – present
Major projects DE&S manages over 600 defence procurement and support programmes for the UK's armed services.[31] Examples of current and future procurement projects include:
Ships Aircraft Vehicles Munitions Other Main locations As of 2016 the main locations (with staff numbers) were:[33]
Responsibility for 'Logistics, Commodities and Services' (including storage and delivery of non-weaponry equipment, such as food and clothing, to soldiers)[34] was contracted out to the private sector in 2015 under an arrangement that included the transfer of 1,100 staff and construction of a new 'Defence Fulfilment Centre' at MoD Donnington .[33]
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