Robert Walmsley

Robert Walmsley

Vice Admiral Sir Robert Walmsley KCB (b. 1941) was Chief of Defence Procurement at the UK Ministry of Defence from 1996 to 2003, and is a retired admiral in the Royal Navy.

Early career

He was born in Aberdeen in 1941 and was educated at Fettes College in Edinburgh. He joined the Royal Navy as a Dartmouth Cadet in 1958 and went on to read Mechanical Sciences at Queens' College, Cambridge before taking up a range of seagoing appointments, mainly in submarines, developing an expertise in nuclear propulsion. During his naval career he was at times Chairman of the Naval Nuclear Technical Safety Panel and Director General, Submarines. For three years, he was the Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff for Communications, Command, Control and Information Systems. His final naval appointment (1994) was as Controller of the Navy and member of the Navy Board as a Vice Admiral. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1995.

Sir Robert is a former Cambridge Blue, having coxed the light blue boat to victory in the 108th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race in 1962. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society of Arts, and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and is an Honorary DSc of Cranfield University.

Chief of Defence Procurement

After retiring from the Navy, he held the position of Chief of Defence Procurement (now Chief of Defence Materiel) at the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) from 1996 until his retirement on 30th April 2003. He retired from the British Civil Service after serving longer in the Defence Procurement post than any of his predecessors. During Sir Robert's period in post he led the transformation of the procurement organisation into the Defence Procurement Agency (DPA, now Defence Equipment & Support) and made numerous appearances as a witness to Parliamentary Select Committees.

Corporate Roles

* Director of EDO Corporation
* Chairman of the Board of EDO (UK) plc
* Chairman of the Board of the Major Projects Association

* Non-executive director of British Energy Group plc,
* Non-executive director of Stratos Global Corporation
* Non-executive director of Cohort plc
* Non-executive director of General Dynamics Corporation
* Senior advisor at Morgan Stanley International plc

References

[http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=27012 "Robert Walmsley appointed Chief of Defence Procurement"] , PR Newswire on behalf of Ministry of Defence, 24th April 1996

[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2002/03/22/sbquot23.xml "The men who found fame after the Boat Race"] , The Daily Telegraph, 22nd March 2002

[http://www.projectcensored.org/downloads/Global_Dominance_Group.pdf "The Global Dominance Group: 9/11 Pre-Warnings & Election Irregularities in Context"] , Peter Phillips, Bridget Thornton & Celeste Vogler

External links

* [http://www.theiet.org/ The Institution of Engineering and Technology]
* [http://www.raeng.org.uk/ The Royal Academy of Engineering]
* [http://www.rsa.org.uk/ The Royal Society of Arts]
* [http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/MicroSite/DES UK MoD Defence Equipment and Support]
* [http://www.british-energy.com/ British Energy Group plc]
* [http://www.cohortplc.com/ Cohort plc]
* [http://www.edocorp.com/ EDO Corporation]
* [http://www.mbmtech.co.uk/ EDO MBM Defence Systems]
* [http://www.generaldynamics.com General Dynamics Corporation]
* [http://www.morganstanley.com/ Morgan Stanley]
* [http://www.stratosglobal.com/ Stratos Global Corporation]
* [http://www.majorprojects.org/ The Major Projects Association]
* [http://www.fettes.com/history/distinguished.htm Old Fettesians, Distinguished Alumni of Fettes College, Edinburgh]
* [http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/default.asp?MIS=242 Eminent Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge, 1448 to present]
* [http://www.theboatrace.org/ The official site of The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race]


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