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The Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (ACDS) is a senior British military officer. There are a number of ACDS appointments and they are held by officers of two-star rank (rear admiral, air vice-marshal, or major general). They work in the Ministry of Defence.

Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Health)

The ACDS(H) reports to the Surgeon General.

• Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis (2008–2011)


• 
  Major General Jeremy Rowan (2011–2014)


• Surgeon Rear Admiral Alasdair Walker (2014–2015)


• 
  Major General Martin Bricknell (2015–2018)

Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Capability & Force Design)

• Air Vice-Marshal Graeme A. Robertson (1994–1996)


• Rear-Admiral Nigel R. Essenhigh (1996–1998)


• Major-General John P. Kiszley (1998–2001)


• Rear-Admiral Rory A.I. McLean (2001–2004)


• Rear-Admiral Timothy J.H. Laurence (2004–2007)


• Air Vice-Marshal Kevin J. Leeson (2007–2009)


• Rear-Admiral Alan D. Richards (2009–2011)


• Major-General Mark W. Poffley (2011–2014)


• Rear Admiral Timothy Fraser (2014–2017)


• Air Vice-Marshal Richard Knighton (2017–2018)


• Major-General Robert Magowan (2018–Present)

Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy) later, Defence Engagement

• Major-General Alexander J.S. Storrie (2011–2013)


• Rear-Admiral Simon J. Ancona (2013–2017)


• Major-General Giles P. Hill (2017–Present)

Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Intelligence Capability)

The ACDS(IC) reports to the Chief of Defence Intelligence.

• 
  Major General Jerry Thomas (2009–2012)^[1]

Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations)

• 
  Rear Admiral David Brown (1980–1982)


• 
  Air Vice-Marshal Clive Loader (2002–2004)


• 
  Major General Nick Houghton (2004–2005)


• Major General Chris Nickols (2005–2008)


• Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Pulford (2008–2010)


• Major General David Capewell (2010–2011)


• Air Vice-Marshal Bob Judson (2011–2013)


• Major General Patrick Sanders (2013–2015)


• Air Vice-Marshal Edward Stringer (2015–2017)


• Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Turner (2017–present)

Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel)

Since 1992, the Defence Services Secretary has usually holds the appointment of ACDS(P) as a secondary role.

• 
  Major General Brian Pennicott (1992–1994)


• 
  Air Vice-Marshal Peter John Harding (1994–1998)


• 
  Rear Admiral Rodney Lees (1998–2001)


• Major General Christopher Elliot (2001–2004)


• Air Vice-Marshal David Pocock (2004–2005)


• Rear Admiral Peter Wilkinson (2005–2007)


• Major General Matthew Sykes (2009–2010)


• Air Vice-Marshal David Murray (2010–2012)


• Rear Admiral Simon Williams (2012–2015)


• Major General Richard Nugee (2015–2016)


• Air Vice-Marshal Garry Tunnicliffe 2016–Present

Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Policy)

• 
  Air Vice-Marshal John Gingell (1975–1978)


• 
  Rear Admiral Jock Slater (1985–1987)


• Air Vice-Marshal David Hobart (2001–2004)^[2]


• 
  Major General Andrew Stewart (2004–2006)


• Rear Admiral Alan Richards (2006–2009)


• Major General Jonathan Shaw (2009–2012)

Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Reserves and Cadets)

The ACDS(R&C) is the senior reservist of the British Armed Forces. He/she is responsible for tri-service policy relating to the reserves and cadet forces. The appointment was created in 2004.

• 
  Major General Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (2004–2007)^[3]


• Major General Simon Lalor (2007–2010)^[4]


• Major General Greg Smith (2010–2013)^[5]


• Major General John Crackett (2013–2016)^[6]


• Major General Ranald Munro (2016–present)

References

External links

• 
  Mackie, Colin (November 2015). "Ministry of Defence and Tri-Service Senior Appointments" (PDF). gulabin.com. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.