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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 .
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. By 2022, the DE&S workforce had reduced to around 11,500 with the majority based at MoD Abbey Wood in Bristol.
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
Board members include:
Mark Russell became chairman in November 2019.
The board provides strategic governance for DE&S and a 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, 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.
Direction and oversight
Executive Committee Defence Equipment and Support
Members of the executive committee include:
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
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.
Sub-committees
The following subordinate Committees provide specialised support to the Executive Committee.
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
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.
The DGs ensure that an ethos of support to operations is in place throughout all DE&S activity.
Chief of Fleet Support
Director General (Ships)
Directorate of Ships Support
Director Ship Support
Name
Date held
Neal Lawson
2017–2020
Russell Brown
2020–present
Directorate of Ships Acquisition
Director Ship Acquisition
Name
Date held
Henry Parker
2017–present
Chief of Materiel (Submarines)
This group now is part of the Submarine Delivery Agency.
Chief Executive
Name
Date held
Ian Booth
2017–present
Chief of Materiel (Submarines); post renamed as Chief Executive Submarine Delivery Agency
Name
Date held
Vice Admiral Sir Simon Lister
2017–2017
Directorate of Submarine Acquisitions
Director Submarine Acquisition
Name
Date held
Rear-Admiral Paul Methven
2017–present
Directorate of Submarines Support
Chief Strategic Systems Executive & Director Submarines Support
Name
Date held
Rear-Admiral Keith Beckett
2017–present
Director General (Land)
Directorate of Land Equipment
Director Land Equipment
Name
Date held
Major-General Robert Talbot Rice
2017–2017
Major-General Colin McClean
2017–2019
Major-General Darren Crook
2019–present
Directorate of Weapons
Director Weapons
Name
Date held
Richard Smart
2017–2020
Ed Cutts
2020–present
Director General (Air)
Directorate of Air Support
Director Air Support
Name
Date held
Adrian Baguley
2017–present
Richard Murray
2019–present
Directorate of Combat Air
Director Combat Air
Name
Date held
Air-Vice-Marshal Keith Bethell
2017–present
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
October 2013 – present
Adrian Baguley
July 2019 – present
Directorate of Intelligence, Surveillance, Target, Acquisition & Reconnaissance
Director ISTAR
Name
Date held
Dr Simon Dakin
2020–present
Directorate of Engineering & Safety
Director Engineering & Safety
Name
Date held
Stephen Wilcock
2020–present
Directorate of Digital Information
Director Chief Digital Information Officer (CIO)
Name
Date held
Nigel Shaw
2020–present
Directorate of Programmes & Change
Director Programmes & Change
Name
Date held
Simon Hughes
2020–present
Directorate of Helicopters
Director Helicopters
Name
Date held
Air-Vice-Marshal Graham Russell
2017–present
Directorate of Support
Director Support
Name
Date held
Steve Glass
2020–present
Directorate-General (Commercial)
Director-General, Commercial
Name
Date held
Nick Elliot
2015–2020
Morag Stuart
2020–present
Commercial Operations
Director DE&S Commercial Operations
Name
Date held
Alan Peter
2017–present
Phil Tozer
2017–present
Commercial Capability
Director Commercial Capability
Name
Date held
Mike Greatwich
2017–present
Commercial Improvements
Director Commercial Improvements
Name
Date held
Morag Stuart
2017–2020
Graham Hyndman
2020–present
Directorate-General (Resources)
Director-General, Resources
Name
Date held
Michael Bradley
2016–2018
David Johnson
2019–present
Financial Planning & Analysis
Director Financial Planning & Analysis
Name
Date held
David Johnson
2017–2019
Ann Underwood
2017–present
Directorate Human Resources
Director Human Resources
Name
Date held
Don Cuthbert
2016
Daniel Griffiths
2019 – present
Deputy Director HR Head of Function – HR
Deputy Director HR Head of Function – HR
Name
Date held
Katie Sloggett
2020 – present
HR Operations
Head of HR Operations
Name
Date held
Scott Murray
2020 – present
Performance & Reward
Head of Performance & Reward
Name
Date held
Nick Jackson, interim
2020 – present
Talent & Organisation Development
Head of Talent & Organisation Development
Name
Date held
Amanda Lammonby
2020 – present
HR (Strategic Enablers)
Head of HR (Strategic Enablers)
Name
Date held
Ruth Moesby
2020 – present
HR (Land)
Head of HR (Land)
Name
Date held
Maureen Doherty
2020 – present
HR (Air & Ships)
Head of HR (Air & Ships)
Name
Date held
Rachel Tothill
2020 – present
HR (Military Human Resources & Commanding Officer)
Head of HR (Military Human Resources & Commanding Officer)
Name
Date held
Captain Nicholas Dodd
2020 – present
Directorate Strategy & Change
Director Strategy & Change
Name
Date held
Barry Burton
2019–2020
Krishna Dhanak
2020–present
International Relations Group
International Relations Group
Name
Date held
Valerie Evans
2019–present
Corporate Communications
Corporate Communications
Name
Date held
Dawn Cunningham-Martin
2020–present
COVID-19 Operations Cell
COVID-19 Operations Cell
Name
Date held
Air Commodore Rob Woods
2020–present
Major projects
DE&S manages over 600 defence procurement and support programmes for the UK's armed services. 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:
Responsibility for 'Logistics, Commodities and Services' (including storage and delivery of non-weaponry equipment, such as food and clothing, to soldiers) 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 .
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Attribution
This article contains text from this source: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/526950/DES_Corporate_Plan_201619-20160526.pdf . © Crown copyright, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0
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This article incorporates text published under the British Open Government Licence: "Defence Equipment and Support Corporate Plan 2016 – 2019" (PDF). www.gov.uk. MOD UK, p.3. 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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