Ajax Vehicles: Procurement
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will name the officers or officials in the current DE&S Ajax Reporting chain at (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3 and (d) 4 star level.
Answered by Luke Pollard
The key officials in the Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Ajax Reporting Chain are as follows:
1* - Head Combat Vehicles, Simon Pearson
2* - Director Land Environment, Major General Lizzie Faithfull-Davies
3* - Director General Core, Lieutenant General Anna-Lee Reilly
3* - DE&S CEO, Lieutenant General Simon Hamilton
4* - National Armaments Director, Rupert Pearce
The 2* Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) is Chris Bowbrick, who sits within Army HQ, not DE&S.
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