Defence Equipment and Support

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]

Defence Equipment and Support
Agency overview
Formed2 April 2007
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
HeadquartersMoD Abbey Wood, Bristol, England, United Kingdom
51.5033°N 2.55917°W / 51.5033; -2.55917
Minister responsible
Parent agencyMinistry of Defence

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]

TitleNameDate
Chairman and Non-Executive DirectorMark Russell2019 –
MOD Permanent Secretary (PUS)David Williams2021 –
Chief Executive Officer (DE&S)Andy Start2022 –
Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Capability)Lieutenant General Robert Magowan2022 –

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]

TitleNameStart Date
Chief Executive Officer (DE&S)Andy StartSeptember 2022
DG (Ships)Vice-Admiral Paul Marshall2022
DG (Land)Chris Bushell2020
DG (Air)Vice-Admiral Richard Thompson2020
DG (Strategic Enablers)Adrian Baguley2018
DG CommercialAndrew Forzani2022
Finance DirectorDavid Johnson2019
Director Human ResourcesDr Jill Hatcher2021
Director Strategy & Corporate OpsKriahna Dhanak2020

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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