Chief of Defence Procurement

The Chief of Defence Procurement was a senior post in the British Ministry of Defence. The post-holder was Chief Executive of the MoD Procurement Executive from 1971 until 1999 and then Chief Executive of the Defence Procurement Agency until 2007. It was open to serving officers as well as civilians.

## Chiefs of Defence Procurement

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* Sir Derek Rayner (1971–1972)[1]
* Sir Michael Cary, KCB (1972–1974)[1]
* Sir George Leitch, KCB OBE (1974–1975)[2]
* Sir Clifford Cornford, KCB (1975–1980)[3]
* Sir David Cardwell, KCB (1980–1982)[4]
* Air Chief Marshal Sir Douglas Lowe, GCB, DFC, AFC (1982–1983)[5]
* Sir David Perry, KCB (1983–1985)[6]
* Sir Peter Levene, KBE (1985–1991)[7]
* Sir Malcolm McIntosh, KBE, AC (1991–1996)[8]
* Vice Admiral Sir Robert Walmsley, KCB (1996–2003)[9]
* Vice Admiral Sir Peter Spencer, KCB (2003–2007)[10]

The post was subsumed into Defence Equipment and Support on 1 April 2007.

## References

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1. ^ a b Hunting Defence Bargains Flight Global, 31 May 1973
2. ^ Procurement Executive Posts Flight Global, 11 April 1974
3. ^ Whats on Flight Global, 24 January 1981
4. ^ Top apprentices honoured at annual awards Archived August 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine DESider, January 2009
5. ^ Birthdays The Times, 14 March 2007
6. ^ Debrett's People of Today 1994
7. ^ "No. 51578". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1988. p. 7.
8. ^ Malcolm McIntosh Lecture Archived November 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
9. ^ Robert Walmsley appointed Chief of Defence Procurement
10. ^ Chief of Defence Procurement at the Ministry of Defence