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. By 2022, the DE&S workforce had reduced to around 11,500[ 2] MoD Abbey Wood in Bristol.[ 3]
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 [ edit ] Defence Equipment and Support Board [ edit ] Board members include:[ 1]
Mark Russell became chairman in November 2019.[ 4]
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.[ 1]
Direction and oversight [ edit ] Executive Committee Defence Equipment and Support [ edit ] Members of the executive committee include:[ 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
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]
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
[ edit ] 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 [ edit ] [ edit ] 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 that an ethos of support to operations is in place throughout all DE&S activity.
Chief of Fleet Support [ edit ] [ edit ] Directorate of Ships Support [ edit ]
Director Ship Support
Name
Date held
Neal Lawson[ 12]
2017–2020
Russell Brown [ 20]
2020–present
Directorate of Ships Acquisition [ edit ]
Director Ship Acquisition
Name
Date held
Henry Parker[ 12]
2017–present
[ edit ] This group now is part of the Submarine Delivery Agency.[ 21]
Chief Executive
Name
Date held
Ian Booth[ 12]
2017–present
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 [ edit ]
Director Submarine Acquisition
Name
Date held
Rear-Admiral Paul Methven[ 12]
2017–present
Directorate of Submarines Support [ edit ]
Chief Strategic Systems Executive & Director Submarines Support
Name
Date held
Rear-Admiral Keith Beckett[ 12]
2017–present
[ edit ] Directorate of Land Equipment [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Director Weapons
Name
Date held
Richard Smart[ 12]
2017–2020
Ed Cutts [ 20]
2020–present
[ edit ] Directorate of Air Support [ edit ]
Director Air Support
Name
Date held
Adrian Baguley[ 12]
2017–present
Richard Murray[ 12]
2019–present
Directorate of Combat Air [ edit ]
Director Combat Air
Name
Date held
Air-Vice-Marshal Keith Bethell[ 12]
2017–present
Director General Strategic Enablers [ edit ]
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 – present
Adrian Baguley[ 12] [ 20]
July 2019 – present
[ edit ]
Director ISTAR
Name
Date held
Dr Simon Dakin[ 20]
2020–present
[ edit ]
Director Engineering & Safety
Name
Date held
Stephen Wilcock [ 20]
2020–present
Director Chief Digital Information Officer (CIO)
Name
Date held
Nigel Shaw[ 20]
2020–present
[ edit ]
Director Programmes & Change
Name
Date held
Simon Hughes[ 20]
2020–present
Directorate of Helicopters [ edit ]
Director Helicopters
Name
Date held
Air-Vice-Marshal Graham Russell[ 12] [ 20]
2017–present
Directorate of Support [ edit ]
Director Support
Name
Date held
Steve Glass[ 20]
2020–present
[ edit ]
Director-General, Commercial
Name
Date held
Nick Elliot[ 12]
2015–2020
Morag Stuart [ 20]
2020–present
Commercial Operations [ edit ]
Director DE&S Commercial Operations
Name
Date held
Alan Peter[ 12]
2017–present
Phil Tozer[ 12] [ 20]
2017–present
Commercial Capability [ edit ]
Director Commercial Capability
Name
Date held
Mike Greatwich[ 12]
2017–present
Commercial Improvements [ edit ]
Director Commercial Improvements
Name
Date held
Morag Stuart[ 12]
2017–2020
Graham Hyndman [ 20]
2020–present
[ edit ]
Director-General, Resources
Name
Date held
Michael Bradley[ 12]
2016–2018
David Johnson[ 12]
2019–present
[ edit ]
Director Financial Planning & Analysis
Name
Date held
David Johnson[ 12]
2017–2019
Ann Underwood[ 12] [ 20]
2017–present
Directorate Human Resources [ edit ]
Director Human Resources
Name
Date held
Don Cuthbert[ 12]
2016
Daniel Griffiths[ 12]
2019 – present
[ edit ]
Deputy Director HR Head of Function – HR
Name
Date held
Katie Sloggett[ 20]
2020 – present
Head of HR Operations
Name
Date held
Scott Murray[ 20]
2020 – present
Head of Performance & Reward
Name
Date held
Nick Jackson, interim[ 20]
2020 – present
[ edit ]
Head of Talent & Organisation Development
Name
Date held
Amanda Lammonby[ 20]
2020 – present
[ edit ]
Head of HR (Strategic Enablers)
Name
Date held
Ruth Moesby[ 20]
2020 – present
Head of HR (Land)
Name
Date held
Maureen Doherty[ 20]
2020 – present
Head of HR (Air & Ships)
Name
Date held
Rachel Tothill[ 20]
2020 – present
[ edit ]
Head of HR (Military Human Resources & Commanding Officer)
Name
Date held
Captain Nicholas Dodd[ 20] 2020 – present
[ edit ]
Director Strategy & Change
Name
Date held
Barry Burton[ 12]
2019–2020
Krishna Dhanak[ 20]
2020–present
International Relations Group [ edit ]
International Relations Group
Name
Date held
Valerie Evans[ 12] [ 20]
2019–present
Corporate Communications [ edit ]
Corporate Communications
Name
Date held
Dawn Cunningham-Martin[ 20]
2020–present
COVID-19 Operations Cell [ edit ]
COVID-19 Operations Cell
Name
Date held
Air Commodore Rob Woods[ 20]
2020–present
DE&S manages over 600 defence procurement and support programmes for the UK's armed services.[ 31]
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] MoD Donnington .[ 33]
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
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.
