Rory Maxwell joined the army at Sandhurst in 1981 and was commissioned into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in August of that year. Following regimental duty and a tour in Cyprus as an Infantry Platoon Commander he trained as an Ammunition technical Officer in 1984 and completed he first operational tour as an ATO in Belfast in 1986. A series of ammunition jobs kept him busy until he was posted as Adjutant to 5 Ordnance Battalion RAOC in 1990. Following operational tours in both the Gulf and the Balkans he attended the Army Command and Staff Course in 1993.{br}{br} Post Staff College he was posted as Deputy Chief of Staff Headquarters 19 Mechanized Brigade during which time he served in England, the Balkans and Malaysia and was made an MBE. Sub unit command was in Canada at the British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) as OC 105 (BATUS) Sqn RLC after which he was posted to Headquarters Land Forces on promotion. Tours as SO1 Log Sp Systems and SO1 Log Sp Ops saw him heavily involved in operations in the Balkans whilst also conducting technical inspections around the world. He assumed command of 6 Supply Regiment RLC in 2001. He was fortunate enough to take the regiment to the Oman for 7 months to support Ex SAIF SAREEA II in 2001 and on Operation TELIC 1 in 2003 as the theatre supply unit for which he was made an OBE. Later in 2003 he was posted to Headquarters Northern Ireland as Assistant Chief of Staff G1/G4 as a colonel.{br}{br} In 2005 he moved to the Ministry of Defence as Assistant Director Logistic Operation Commitments. After less than a year in this job he was posted to Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps as the Deputy Chief of Staff Combat Service Support in the rank of brigadier. This included a tour in Afghanistan as Deputy Chief of Staff Support in HQ ISAF. 2009 was spent as a member at the Royal College of Defence Studies during which he completed an MA in International Studies with Kings College London. He started his current appointment in January 2010.{br}{br} He has completed operational tours in every rank held and has served on operations in Cyprus, Northern Ireland, the Gulf (both Ops GRANBY and TELIC), Bosnia (both UN and NATO), Kosovo and Afghanistan.{br}{br} He is married to Maria and they have 3 grown up, but not yet flown, children. His interests are history and sport. He is a battered and now retired rugby player and an awful golfer.
Patrick is the CEO of Theodor Wille Intertrade (TWI), a leading international provider of logistics & supply chain management services to Government and commercial customers. Prior to joining TWI, Patrick worked in project management with a major defense contractor in the Balkans and the Middle East. As a former U.S. Army officer, he completed his service as a Captain assigned to the 1st Infantry Division in Schweinfurt, Germany. Patrick has an MBA from the University Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA from Davidson College.
Ambassador Diriöz is a career diplomat who served his country for 30 years before he joined the NATO International Staff as Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning on 18 October 2010. He first joined the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1978 and served in Kabul and Strasbourg before attending the NATO Defence College in Rome in 1987/88. He then returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a further year before joining the Turkish Delegation to NATO for four years. In 1993, Ambassador Diriöz joined the NATO International Staff as Head of the Defence Policy Section and in 1996 he returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara. From 1998 to 2000 he was Minister-Counsellor in the Turkish Embassy, Washington DC, and on his return he became the Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2004 to 2008 he was Turkey’s Ambassador to Jordan after which he returned to the Ministry in Ankara for a year before becoming the Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of Turkey, Abdullah Gul.
Scott M. Anderson, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Deputy Director of Logistics and Engineering, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. The directorate is responsible for planning, coordinating, integrating, and synchronizing logistics and engineering at the operational and strategic levels in peace, crisis and war to support the USCENTCOM mission.{br}{br} Mr. Anderson has served in numerous logistics end engineering positions during his 30-year career as a Marine Corps officer. His assignments include commanding Marines at various levels, culminating as the Commander, Marine Wing Support Group 27, in combat during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has served as an amphibious planner with Amphibious Group Two; Exercise Division Chief at U.S. Joint Forces Command; and the Assistant Chief of Staff for Logistics, Marine Forces Central Command. Mr. Anderson has participated in various global deployments in support of contingency operations and exercises.
Patrick Dufour is in charge of all maintenance projects for the DGA, the French procurement agency. He overseees over 500 staff and reports to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the French Armed Forces.
Based in Kentigern House, Glasgow, UK NCB is the sole authority in the UK for all NATO Codification services and policy guidance. Integral to a succesful defence supply chain, UK NCB documents technical data and allocates NATO Stock Numbers based on Fit, Form and Function of an item of supply.{br}{br} The NATO Codification System (NCS) is the biggest, the best and most comprehensive codification and cataloguing system in the world. 63 countries are members of the NCS and the data contained in its 17 million NATO Stock Numbers.{br}{br} The NCS provides a common ""language of logistics"", supporting effectiveness in our armed forces, reducing costs and facilitating both national and coalition operations.{br}{br} Whether your role is Policy, Design, Acquisition, Manufacture or Supply the NCS has many benefits to offer. Our role is to bring those benefits to you. {br}{br} George Bond {br}{br} Head of United Kingdom National Codification Bureau
As the chief of the NAMSA codification branch Mr Vergnerie is responsible for developing the common language used to track and deliver vital assets for NAMSA members and creating an interface for suppliers.
He was born in Prague, the Czech Republic in 1961. He joined the then Czechoslovak Military Academy in 1981 and graduated as a Lieutenant in July 1986. He holds degree in mechanical engineering.{br}{br} During 1986-1999, he held various appointments including Maintenance Officer of the Heavy Artillery Brigade at Rokycany, Senior Training Instructor and then Deputy Commander for Equipment of the 1st Armoured Regiment; and Chief of Logistics of the Training Centre and the 22nd Mechanised Battalion in Strašice.{br}{br} In 1997, he was assigned to the 6th Mechanised Battalion as a Chief Operations Officer and with this unit was deployed to Bosnia and Hercegovina for nine months.{br}{br} From 1999 to 2002 he served at the Office of the Czech Republic Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee at NATO HQ, Brussels, Belgium, as a Senior Staff Officer Logistics, Personnel and Standardisation.{br}{br} From 2002 to 2004, he was appointed the Senior Staff Officer Logistics Operational Planning at the Logistics Division, General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic in Prague.{br}{br} From 2004 to 2006, he served as a Branch Head, Logistics Planning and Operations Branch, and in May 2006 he was appointed the Director, Logistics Directorate, Support Policy Division, Czech MoD. On August 1, 2006 he was appointed the Division Head, G4 Division, Allied Land Component Command Headquarters, Heidelberg, Germany.{br}{br} With this headquarters, he was deployed to HQ ISAF as a Chief CJ4 for six months from August 2007 to January 2008.{br}{br} In September 2008, Colonel Halenka was appointed the Chief of Staff, Joint Logistics Support Group Headquarters Element within the Allied Land Component Command Headquarters, Heidelberg, Deployable Joint Staff Element 2.{br}{br} As of September 1, 2009, he has been serving at a position of the Deputy Director, Logistics Planning and Development, Logistics Division, Czech Ministry of Defence, and he has been holding the present post since December 1, 2009. {br}{br} His military education includes the Czech Military Academy Staff College (Advanced Course), the NATO Staff Officer Orientation Course, the International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Peace Operations Course, the NATO Senior Officer Course and finally the General Staff Course at the Czech University of Defence in Brno, the Czech Republic. Colonel Halenka is also a qualified driving instructor. {br}{br} His decorations include the Czech Republic Armed Forces Service Medal, the NATO Commemoration Medal for Former Yugoslavia, the Czech Republic Foreign Service Medal, the NATO Commemoration Medal for Afghanistan, the Italian Commemorative Cross for Service in Deployed Operations; and the Czech Republic Bronze Meritorious Cross.{br}{br} Colonel Vladimir Halenka is married to Blanka. They have two daughters, Magdalena, 26 years old and Alexandra, 22 years old.
‘Stronger Together’ is the apt motto of the new Multinational Logistics Coordination Centre (MLCC) established by the US European Command with European partners. The MLCC provides real-time visibility of logistics events to other countries; reduces the cost of coordination between countries through virtual environment capabilities; and provides a central repository of logistics events data readily available to all countries. Colonel Dufek was part of the set-up team and currently heads up the Movement, Transportation and Logistics Information Services division.
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