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: 4 January 2011 – 2015Bernard Gray Appointed Chief of Defence Materiel Ministry of Defence, 16 December 2010
Chief Executive Officer of Defence Equipment and Support Tony Douglas: September 2015 – January 2018 Michael Bradley: January 2018 – May 2018 Air Marshal Sir Simon Bollom: May 2018 – September 2022 Andy Start: September 2022 – October 2025 Lieutenant General Simon Hamilton: October 2025 – Present
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