Wikipedia
Chief Executive Officer of Defence Equipment and Support
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[1]
- Sir Bernard Gray from 4 January 2011–2015[2]
Chief Executive Officer of Defence Equipment and Support
- Tony Douglas September 2015–January 2018[3]
- Michael Bradley January 2018–May 2018[4]
- Sir Simon Bollom May 2018–September 2022[5]
- Andy Start September 2022 – Present[6]
References
- ^ "General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue will be first "Chief of Defence Materiel"". MOD. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ^ Bernard Gray Appointed Chief of Defence Materiel Ministry of Defence, 16 December 2010
- ^ "MOD announces appointment of the Chief Executive for Defence Equipment and Support". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "Michael Bradley". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "Sir Simon Bollom appointed Chief Executive of Defence Equipment and Support". Ministry of Defence. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Boris Johnson appoints new chief executive of MoD procurement arm DE&S". Business Live. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.