Who we are

NAAFI Council

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 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. rn

Vice-Admiral P Wilkinson CVO BA (President & Chairman)

Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel) (DCDS(Pers))

Vice Admiral Peter Wilkinson joined the Royal Navy in 1975 as a University Cadet. he would go on to command HM Submarines OTTER and SUPERB and the Port Crew of HMS VANGUARD. rnrnSelected for promotion to Captain in 1995, he joined the Directorate of Nuclear Policy in the MOD in 1996 and was then closely involved in the nuclear aspects of the Strategic Defence Review during his time in post.rnrnIn March 1999 he returned once more to submarines where he was promoted to Commodore in 2001. He also became Director of Naval Service Conditions in July of that year. Promoted to Rear Admiral in July 2004, he moved on to be Defence Services Secretary in July 2005 for which he was awarded a CVO by HM The Queen. He was promoted to Vice Admiral and appointed as Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel) in August 2007.

Vice-Admiral Sir Alan Massey KCB CBE ADC

2nd Sea Lord (2SL)

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 Limited and Zenith Vehicle Contracts Group and a Non-Executive Director of AFI Holdings.

Lieutenant General M F N Mans CBE

Adjutant General (AG)

Air Marshal Simon Bryant CBE

Air Member for Personnel (AMP)

Air Marshal Simon Bryant was commissioned in 1974 under the university cadetship scheme and graduated from Nottingham University in 1977 with a BA in Geography. He graduated from the Royal Air Force Staff College Bracknell in 1992 and completed an MA in Defence Studies the following year whilst in a Force Development appointment in the Ministry of Defence. He was appointed as a senior ops officer in the Combined Air Operations Centre Vicenza in 1996 before assuming command of 43(F) Squadron. He was then posted to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in September 1999 as the Personal Staff Officer to the Deputy Commander, followed by a deployment as Commander British Forces Oman and Officer Commanding the British Deployed Operating Bases at Seeb and Thumrait. He returned to the Ministry of Defence as the Director of Joint Capability and in May 2006 he was appointed as Air Secretary and Chief of Staff Personnel. He assumed his current appointment in April 2009.

Air Marshal Sir Stuart Peach KCB CBE BA DTech DLitt FRAeS RAF

Chief of Joint Operations (CJO), Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ)

Air Marshal Sir Stuart Peach joined the Royal Air Force via a University Cadetship at the University of Sheffield in 1977 graduating in Geography, Economics and Social History. He attended the Royal Air Force Staff College Bracknell in 1990 and served as Personal Staff Officer to, in succession, the Deputy Commander Royal Air Force Germany, Commander-in-Chief Royal Air Force Germany and Commander Second Allied Tactical Air Force. Following a Master’s Degree in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, he was Director Defence Studies (RAF) before becoming Assistant Director of the Higher Command and Staff Course at the Joint Services Command and Staff College. He was Commander British Forces (Italy) 1999-2000 and NATO Air Commander (Forward) in Kosovo in 2000 before serving as Commandant UK Air Warfare Centre and Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence) Strike Command from 2000 to 2003. He has been Chief of Joint Operations since March 2009