British government procurement arm
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 was appointed 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) Lieutenant-General Simon Hamilton 2024 DG (Air) Vice-Admiral Sir 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 Carroll 2024–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] 2017–2019 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. 
