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 British armed forces 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.

The command may be held by a four-star officer, admiral, general, or air chief marshal appointed from the three services, and also by civilians.

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–Present^[5]

References

↑ "General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue will be first "Chief of Defence Materiel"". MOD. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
↑ 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.

United Kingdom Ministry of Defence

Headquarters: Main Building, Palace of Whitehall

Defence Council

Political	Secretary of State for Defence Minister of State for the Armed Forces Minister for Defence Procurement Minister of State (House of Lords) Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Personnel and Veterans
Military	Chief of the Defence Staff Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff Chief of the Naval Staff and First Sea Lord Chief of the General Staff Chief of the Air Staff Commander Joint Forces Command
Civil Service	Permanent Under Secretary of State for Defence Chief Scientific Adviser Chief of Defence Materiel (not in the Defence Council) Chief of Defence People Director-General Finance Director-General Head Office and Commissioning Services Director-General Nuclear Director-General Security Policy Lead Non-Executive Board Member Non-Executive Defence Board Member and Chair of the People Committee Non-Executive Defence Board Member and Chair of the Defence Audit Committee Non-Executive Defence Board Member and Chair of the Defence Equipment and Support Board

Service boards

Service commands

Support organisations

Executive agencies

Non-departmental
public bodies

Category

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