Management Information

Board of Directors

The Aegis Board brings to the strategic management of the company a broad range of complementary experience gained in both the public and private sectors:

Chairman
(Non-executive)

Field Marshal The Right Honourable
Lord Inge KG GCB PC DL

Peter Inge has experience at the highest levels of political/military engagement both nationally and internationally in a long and distinguished military career that included appointments of Chief of the General Staff (professional head of the British Army) and Chief of the Defence Staff (professional head of the United Kingdom’s Armed Forces).

He is a Knight of the Garter and Privy Councillor and served on the Butler Committee, which examined the use of intelligence during the Iraq War of 2003. He is an adviser to Investcorp and BAE Systems, and a consultant to OWR AG (Germany).

Deputy Chairman (Non-executive)

The Hon Nicholas Soames MP

Nicholas Soames has been a Conservative Member of the British Parliament since 1983. He was Minister of State for the Armed Forces from 1994–1997 and is a leading expert on Anglo–American defence matters. He was Shadow Secretary of State for Defence and a member of the Shadow Cabinet between November 2003 and May 2005. From 1967–1972 he was an Officer in the British Army. He sits on the Council of the Royal United Services Institute.

Director

Lieutenant–Colonel Tim Spicer OBE

As Founder, Tim Spicer is the visionary behind Aegis’s strategic development. Following a twenty year career in the Army, he has personally had a broad exposure to the wider industry sector and has refined the focus of Aegis from lessons learned over 10 years. In 1999 he set up his own private security consultancy which ultimately led to the establishment of Aegis Defence Services Ltd in 2002 alongside three co–founding partners. Since that date he has overseen the rapid growth of the company, and the breadth and quality of its range of services.

In addition to Aegis’s generic expansion and growth, he led and won the $300m prime US Government tender in 2004 to provide core reconstruction security support services in Iraq. This contract was the largest ever US government contract awarded to a UK company in this sector.

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Director

Mark Bullough

Mark Bullough is Aegis’ Managing Director and is primarily responsible for driving the growth and development of the business. A former British Army officer, he has 20 years experience with Flemings managing start up and high growth merchant and investment banking and other businesses in the Middle East, the Subcontinent, the Soviet Union and South East Asia. He co–founded Aegis in 2002.

Director

Jeffrey Day

Jeffrey Day is Aegis’s Joint Managing Director and provides the strategic management focus required for a very high growth company. He has extensive experience in a variety of private companies in diverse commercial sectors including textiles, electronics and engineering. He has wide experience of start ups, strategic development, acquisitions and disposals. He co–founded Aegis in 2002.

Director

Dominic Armstrong

Dominic Armstrong is Managing Director of Aegis’ Research and Intelligence Division, which has developed a reputation for excellence worldwide and is increasingly quoted as an authoritative commentator on risk and security. His background is in investment banking in Europe and Asia specialising in research, strategy and economic analysis. He co–founded Aegis in 2002.

Director

Brigadier James Ellery, CBE

Brigadier James Ellery, CBE is Aegis’ Director of Strategic Initiatives. A former British Army Officer, he has extensive experience of International Affairs. In 2000 he was appointed CBE for his leadership of the new United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Before joining the Board of Aegis, he was a senior adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, and latterly established and ran the 700–strong security framework operation for US Government-funded reconstruction. He returned to Aegis in November 2006 after a year as Head of the United Nations Mission in Southern Sudan.

Director
(Non–executive)

General Sir Roger Wheeler GCB CBE

Roger Wheeler had a long and distinguished military career. As Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, he brings to Aegis experience of the highest levels of political/military engagement both nationally and internationally. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Thales UK and the Serious Organised Crime Agency. He is Constable of HM Tower of London. He is a non–executive director having previously served on the Aegis Advisory Council.

Director
(Non–executive)

Sir John Birch KCVO CMG

John Birch has extensive experience of diplomatic and international affairs gained in a long and distinguished career as a diplomat, which included appointments as UK Ambassador to the United Nations and to Hungary. He was Director of the British Association for Central and Eastern Europe from 1995 to 2004. He is Vice–Chairman of the Council of University College London, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies and a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. He is a non–executive director having previously served on the Aegis Advisory Council.

Director
(Non–executive)

The Right Honourable Paul Boateng, DL

Paul Boateng has some 30 years experience in public life in the law, politics and diplomacy. He recently completed a four year term as British High Commissioner to South Africa (2005 - 2009). He was the Member of Parliament for Brent South Constituency from 1987 to 2005 and served as a Cabinet Minister and Chief Secretary to the Treasury between 2002 and 2005. His other government posts include Minister in the Department of Health, Minister of State in the Home Office (Police & Correctional Services) and Financial Secretary to the Treasury. He became a Privy Councillor in 1998. He was admitted as a Solicitor in 1975 and called to the Bar in 1989.

Paul has an extensive knowledge of Africa, where he spent much of his childhood. He has worked on African issues as a Vice Moderator of the World Council of Churches, and as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy during the sittings of the Africa Commission. He is a frequent writer, broadcaster, and public speaker on the development, financial and governance aspects of globalisation, and holds a number of Honorary Doctorates from Universities in both Britain, Ghana and the US.

Director
(Non–executive)

Keith Henry, FREng

Keith Henry brings over 30 years of international business experience in the development, construction, ownership and management of major facilities worldwide. He was Chief Executive of National Power plc, Brown & Root Limited and Kvaerner E&C Limited. He is currently Chairman of Burren Energy plc and also serves as a director and adviser to a number of companies in the engineering and energy fields.

Graduating with BSc and MSc degrees, Keith is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Director
(Non–executive)

Lieutenant General Sir Graeme Lamb KBE, CMG, DSO

Graeme Lamb is a widely respected front line soldier with extensive operational experience. He has commanded on operations at all levels including Lieutenant General which has seen him deployed on all 5 Continents in an advisory, command and leadership role conducting complex regular and irregular Multi-National and Inter-Agency operational activities. He completed his service as The Commander of the UK Field Army. Since returning from full time service with the UK Armed Forces, he has been working for the United States Department of Defence as The Special Advisor to Commander ISAF on Counter Insurgency in Afghanistan and as a Special Advisor to G3 - The Good Governance Group.

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