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]
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]
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
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]
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:
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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