Who we are

NAAFI employees are uniquely structured to support its purpose, with 3 dedicated and professional groups of staff:

148 Squadron, Expeditionary Force Institutes, Royal Logistic Corps, (EFI).

Managed by NAAFI; EFI are unique. Serving in uniform, EFI staff work alongside Forces personnel on deployment, where civilian contractors are not usually authorised to go.

Naval Canteen Services (NCS)

Also managed by NAAFI, NCS is an organisation dedicated to serving side by side with Forces personnel on Royal Navy ships around the world, again where civilian contractors are not usually authorised to go.

NAAFI civilians

The majority of these are dependants of Armed Forces personnel, and support permanent services in areas such as Germany, Northern Ireland and The Falkland Islands, many of whom volunteer for deployment when required.

Click on the People Profiles to learn more.

The MOD does not own NAAFI; NAAFI is a seperate legal and trading entity but it is accepted that, the MOD has the ability to exercise some control over NAAFI through the NAAFI Council.

The NAAFI Council is made up of Senior Officers of the three Armed Forces and the MOD. The NAAFI Board report to the NAAFI Council.

Sir Ian Prosser

Non-Executive Chairman

Sir Ian joined the Board as Chairman in October 2008. Knighted in 1995 Sir Ian, a chartered accountant has a long and distinguished business career mainly in the brewing and hospitality industry. Previous roles have included Chairman and Chief Executive of Bass PLC and also Chairman of Intercontinental Hotel Group. He has been a Non Executive Director for Boots, Lloyds TSB and Non Executive Deputy Chairman of BP Plc. Sir Ian was awarded a degree of Doctor of the University of Birmingham in 2001, and is also a member of the CBI President's Committee.

James Wilde

Deputy Chairman

James joined the Board in October 2006 having held senior executive roles within the support services sector including the position of Chief Executive Officer of Rentokil Initial. He is currently Chairman of ATPI Cayman Limited, Allied Glass Group Limited and Nirvana Equity Limited, and a Non-Executive Director of AFI Holdings Limited.

Reg Curtis

Chief Executive Officer

Reg joined the Board as Chief Executive Officer in January 2009 and has extensive experience working in senior positions in the retail and business sector. Prior to his appointment at NAAFI, previous roles included Divisional Managing Director at Alpha Airports Group, Grocery Commercial Director of Safeway and Commercial Director at W.H. Smith. He has also held various buying roles within Tesco including that of Deputy CEO of Tesco Hungary.

General Sir Redmond (Reddy) Watt KCB, KCVO, CBE

Non Executive Director

General Sir Redmond Watt joined the Board in September 2008. He is also the Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea and President of Combat Stress. His last appointment in the Army was Commander-in-Chief Land Command from 2006 to 2008. Previous appointments included General Officer Commanding (GOC) Northern Ireland, Commander Field Army, GOC London District and GOC 1st (UK) Armoured Division. His early service in the Army was with the Welsh Guards.

Sallyanne Dixon

Finance Director

Sallyanne joined NAAFI in 2002 having held senior positions with Deloitte and News International. Since joining NAAFI she has worked in various finance and strategic roles within the business and was appointed Finance Director in December 2009.

Alison Clifford-King BSc FCA

Non-Executive Director

Alison joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in August 2004 and is Chair of the NAAFI Audit Committee. As a chartered accountant with a career in finance, Alison has held strategic planning roles in the retail and leisure sectors including Finance Director of Mothercare. She currently works as an independent consultant.

Alan Smith BA, FRAeS.

Non-Executive Director

Alan joined the Board as Non-Executive Director in October 2006 having held a number of senior roles within the retail industry. Alan was formerly Chairman of Robert Dyas, Chief Executive Officer of Somerfield Plc, Punch Taverns Plc, Boddingtons Plc, Esporta, Evans Halshaw Holdings Plc, B&Q Plc and Superdrug Stores Plc. Alan is currently Chairman of Empire World Trade Limited and the Royal International Air Tattoo, and a Non Executive Director of the Flybe Group.

Steve Marshall

Operations Director

Steve Joined NAAFI in 2006 having held various senior roles within Tesco's International Business in several countries. Steve was appointed Operations Director in December 2009 with overall responsibility for our worldwide operations, whilst assuming additional responsibility for Human Resources support across the entire business in August 2011.