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::Brigadier James Ellery, CBE is Aegis’ Director of Special Projects. A former British Army Officer, he has extensive experience in 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 was a senior adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and latterly he established and ran the 700–strong security framework operation in support of the US Government in Iraq. He returned to Aegis in November 2006 after a year’s secondment the United Nations as Head of Mission in Southern Sudan.<ref>[http://www.aegisworld.com/management.html Management Information - AEGIS private security company], accessed 13 April 2008.</ref>
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Brigadier [[James Ellery]] is a director of [[Aegis Defence Services]].<ref>[http://www.cwcimp.com/conference/speakerbiographies.aspx Speaker Biographies], Iraq Mega Projects 2010, accessed 23 November 2010.</ref>
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As an Army officer, Ellery commanded The Life Guards Regiment and served in the Middle East, Africa, Bosnia, Germany and Northern Ireland.<ref>[http://www.cwcimp.com/conference/speakerbiographies.aspx Speaker Biographies], Iraq Mega Projects 2010, accessed 23 November 2010.</ref> He also served as an aide-de-camp to [[Lord Mountbatten]].<ref>Charles Moore, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1529768/The-very-British-gentleman-helping-to-put-southern-Sudan-back-on-its-feet.html The very British gentleman helping to put southern Sudan back on its feet], The Telegraph, 25 September 2006.</ref>
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In 1999 he established a UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. From 2001 to 2003 he was Chief of Staff to the UN Force in Sierra Leone.<ref>[http://www.cwcimp.com/conference/speakerbiographies.aspx Speaker Biographies], Iraq Mega Projects 2010, accessed 23 November 2010.</ref>
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==Coalition Provisional Authority==
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In 2003, Ellery served a Senior Adviser in the [[Coalition Provisional Authority]](CPA) in Iraq.<ref>[http://www.cwcimp.com/conference/speakerbiographies.aspx Speaker Biographies], Iraq Mega Projects 2010, accessed 23 November 2010.</ref>
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Journalist Robert Young Pelton, Ellery helped formulate the request for proposal that led to Aegis winning a major US security contract in Iraq:
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::multiple sources with intimate knowledge of Aegis's bid have alleged to me that [[PMO]] (Project Management Office) security chief Brigadier [[Anthony Hunter-Choat]] and Brigadier General [[James Ellery]] helped formulate the specifications for the RFP with Aegis in mind.<ref>Robert Young Pelton, Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror, Crown, 2006, p.277.</ref>
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Acording to a former employee of the PMO interviewed by Pelton, Ellery advised Spicer throughout the process.<ref>Robert Young Pelton, Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror, Crown, 2006, p.279.</ref>
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==Aegis==
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After leaving the CPA, joined Aegis, where he " set up and ran the AEGIS C3I Security Framework Operation throughout Iraq in support of US DoD funded Reconstruction."<ref>[http://www.cwcimp.com/conference/speakerbiographies.aspx Speaker Biographies], Iraq Mega Projects 2010, accessed 23 November 2010.</ref>
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==Sudan==
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In 2006, Ellery served as head of the UN mission in Southern Sudan before rejoining Aegis.<ref>[http://www.cwcimp.com/conference/speakerbiographies.aspx Speaker Biographies], Iraq Mega Projects 2010, accessed 23 November 2010.</ref>  
  
 
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Revision as of 21:59, 23 November 2010

Brigadier James Ellery is a director of Aegis Defence Services.[1]

As an Army officer, Ellery commanded The Life Guards Regiment and served in the Middle East, Africa, Bosnia, Germany and Northern Ireland.[2] He also served as an aide-de-camp to Lord Mountbatten.[3]

In 1999 he established a UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. From 2001 to 2003 he was Chief of Staff to the UN Force in Sierra Leone.[4]

Coalition Provisional Authority

In 2003, Ellery served a Senior Adviser in the Coalition Provisional Authority(CPA) in Iraq.[5]

Journalist Robert Young Pelton, Ellery helped formulate the request for proposal that led to Aegis winning a major US security contract in Iraq:

multiple sources with intimate knowledge of Aegis's bid have alleged to me that PMO (Project Management Office) security chief Brigadier Anthony Hunter-Choat and Brigadier General James Ellery helped formulate the specifications for the RFP with Aegis in mind.[6]

Acording to a former employee of the PMO interviewed by Pelton, Ellery advised Spicer throughout the process.[7]

Aegis

After leaving the CPA, joined Aegis, where he " set up and ran the AEGIS C3I Security Framework Operation throughout Iraq in support of US DoD funded Reconstruction."[8]

Sudan

In 2006, Ellery served as head of the UN mission in Southern Sudan before rejoining Aegis.[9]

Affiliations

References

  1. ↑ Speaker Biographies, Iraq Mega Projects 2010, accessed 23 November 2010.
  2. ↑ Speaker Biographies, Iraq Mega Projects 2010, accessed 23 November 2010.
  3. ↑ Charles Moore, The very British gentleman helping to put southern Sudan back on its feet, The Telegraph, 25 September 2006.
  4. ↑ Speaker Biographies, Iraq Mega Projects 2010, accessed 23 November 2010.
  5. ↑ Speaker Biographies, Iraq Mega Projects 2010, accessed 23 November 2010.
  6. ↑ Robert Young Pelton, Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror, Crown, 2006, p.277.
  7. ↑ Robert Young Pelton, Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror, Crown, 2006, p.279.
  8. ↑ Speaker Biographies, Iraq Mega Projects 2010, accessed 23 November 2010.
  9. ↑ Speaker Biographies, Iraq Mega Projects 2010, accessed 23 November 2010.
  10. ↑ Executive Committee and Advisory Board, Northern Gulf Partners, accessed 23 November 2010.
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