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The Chief Executive Officer of Defence Equipment and Support, formerly the Chief of Defence Materiel, is a senior post in the UK Ministry of Defence 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.

Postholders

Chief of Defence Materiel

• General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue 2 April 2007–December 2010
• Sir Bernard Gray from 4 January 2011 – 2015

Chief Executive Officer of Defence Equipment and Support

• Tony Douglas September 2015–January 2018
• Michael Bradley January 2018–May 2018
• Sir Simon Bollom May 2018–September 2022
• Andy Start September 2022 – Present

References

1. "General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue will be first "Chief of Defence Materiel"". MOD. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
2. Bernard Gray Appointed Chief of Defence Materiel Ministry of Defence, 16 December 2010
3. "MOD announces appointment of the Chief Executive for Defence Equipment and Support". gov.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
4. "Michael Bradley". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
5. "Sir Simon Bollom appointed Chief Executive of Defence Equipment and Support". Ministry of Defence. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
6. "Boris Johnson appoints new chief executive of MoD procurement arm DE&S". Business Live. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.

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