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- ↑ Bernard Gray Appointed Chief of Defence Materiel Ministry of Defence, 16 December 2010
- ↑ "MOD announces appointment of the Chief Executive for Defence Equipment and Support". gov.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ "Michael Bradley". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ↑ "Sir Simon Bollom appointed Chief Executive of Defence Equipment and Support". Ministry of Defence. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ↑ "Boris Johnson appoints new chief executive of MoD procurement arm DE&S". Business Live. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
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