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.

Mr Jeff Kaye

Army Representative

Jeff joined the Ministry Of Defence as a civil servant in 1977 and spent the next 23 years working in London for a variety of branches (mainly Navy) as part of SP Pol, working on Pay 2000 and the Chief Scientific Advisors Higher Level Budget as Deputy Budget Manager. In 2001 he moved to Wilton to take up a C2 post in the Finance Business Development Team responsible for future financial policy, before becoming the Deputy Change Manager on the Pay As You Dine team in 2003. Three years later Jeff moved to the Soft FM policy desk in the Army infrastructure Organisation before advancing to Change Manager at Headquarters Recruiting Group in 2007.

Commander Paul 'Arty' Shaw MBE

RN Representative

The Royal Navy representative to NAAFI is Commander Paul J Shaw MBE. He joined the Royal Navy in 1976 and has served on HMS Newcastle, Portsmouth and ARK Royal amongst others, providing logistic support to deployed operations in the Falklands conflict, Sierra Leone, Oman (Exercise SAIF SAREEA II) and subsequent deployed forces into Afghanistan. In July 2006 he took up his first foreign exchange appointment in Canberra, Australia and spent two years in the Australian Joint Logistics Command; he was awarded the Vice Chief of the Defence Force commendation in recognition of his services to the Australian Defence Force. In January 2009 he joined the staff of Navy Command as the Fleet Logistics Officer.

Wing Commander Martin Young

RAF Representative

Wing Commander Martin Young is based at HQ Air Command at RAF High Wycombe but spends a significant amount of time visiting units and outlets throughout GB.

With over 30 years’ experience in Personnel, Infrastructure and Communications, he is now a member of the RAF’s integrated Catering, Retail & Leisure Team.