Current arrangements Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff

1 current arrangements

1.1 deputy chiefs of defence staff (operations)
1.2 deputy chiefs of defence staff (personnel , training) / deputy chiefs of defence staff (people)
1.3 deputy chiefs of defence staff (capability)
1.4 deputy chiefs of defence staff (intelligence)

current arrangements

there 3 people post of deputy chief of defence staff (dcds) @ 1 time. these are:

deputy chief of defence staff (operations) – dcds (operations) ordinarily reports vice chief of defence staff reports directly chief of defence staff on operational matters
deputy chief of defence staff (personnel , training)
deputy chief of defence staff (capability)

deputy chiefs of defence staff (operations)

these were:

deputy chief of defence staff (commitments)

1985 – 1987 vice-admiral sir john woodward
1987 – 1989 lieutenant-general sir antony walker
1989 – 1992 air marshal sir kenneth hayr
1992 – 1995 vice-admiral hon. sir nicholas hill-norton
1995 – 1997 lieutenant-general sir alexander harley
1997 – 2000 air marshal sir john day
2000 – 2003 lieutenant-general sir anthony pigott
2003 – 2006 lieutenant-general sir robert fry
2006 – 2007 vice-admiral charles style
2007 – 2009 lieutenant-general sir peter wall

deputy chief of defence staff (military strategy & operations)

2009 – 2011 lieutenant-general simon mayall
2011 – 2013 lieutenant-general richard barrons
2013 – 2014 lieutenant-general james everard
2014 – 2016 lieutenant-general gordon messenger
2016 – present lieutenant-general mark carleton-smith

deputy chiefs of defence staff (personnel , training) / deputy chiefs of defence staff (people)

these were:

deputy chief of defence staff (programmes , personnel)

1984 – 1987 lieutenant-general sir john chapple
1987 – 1989 air marshal sir david parry-evans
1989 – 1992 vice-admiral sir barry wilson
1992 – 1996 lieutenant-general hon. sir thomas boyd-carpenter
1996 – 1999 air marshal sir peter squire

deputy chief of defence staff (personnel)

1999 – 2002 air marshal sir malcolm pledger
2002 – 2005 lieutenant-general anthony palmer
2005 – 2007 air marshal david pocock
2007 – 2010 vice-admiral peter wilkinson

deputy chief of defence staff (personnel , training)

2010 – 2013 lieutenant-general sir william rollo

chief of defence people

2013 – 2016 lieutenant-general andrew gregory
2016 – present lieutenant-general richard nugee

deputy chiefs of defence staff (capability)

these were:

deputy chief of defence staff (operational requirements)

1967 – 1968 air marshal sir neil wheeler
1968 – 1971 lieutenant-general sir noel thomas
1971 – 1973 vice-admiral sir ian mcintosh
1973 – 1976 air marshal sir michael giddings
1976 – 1978 lieutenant-general sir hugh cunningham
1978 – 1981 vice-admiral sir stephen berthon
1981 – 1983 lieutenant-general sir maurice johnston

deputy chief of defence staff (systems)

1983 – 1986 air marshal sir donald hall
1986 – 1989 vice-admiral sir jeremy black
1989 – 1992 lieutenant-general sir anthony mullens
1992 – 1994 air marshal sir roger austin

deputy chief of defence staff (equipment capability)

1994 – 1995 vice-admiral malcolm rutherford

deputy chief of defence staff (systems)

1995 – 1997 vice-admiral sir john dunt
1997 – 1999 lieutenant-general sir edmund burton

deputy chief of defence staff (equipment capability)

1999 – 2002 vice-admiral sir jeremy blackham
2002 – 2003 air marshal sir jock stirrup
2003 – 2006 lieutenant-general sir robert fulton
2006 – 2009 lieutenant-general andrew figgures
2009 – 2012 vice-admiral sir paul lambert

deputy chief of defence staff (capability)

2012 – present air marshal sir stephen hillier
2016 – lieutenant general mark poffley

deputy chiefs of defence staff (intelligence)

1964 – 1965 vice-admiral sir norman denning
1965 – 1968 air marshal sir harold maguire
1968 – 1971 lieutenant-general sir richard fyffe
1971 – 1972 vice-admiral sir louis le bailly
1972 – 1975 lieutenant-general sir david willison
1975 – 1978 air marshal sir richard wakeford
1978 – 1981 vice-admiral sir roy halliday
1981 – 1983 lieutenant-general sir james glover
1983 – 1984 air marshal sir michael armitage

(post discontinued in 1984)