Chief Executive Officer of Defence Equipment and Support

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