Jonathon Band
Admiral Sir Jonathon Band is a former professional head of the British Royal Navy.
Band was the First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff from 2006 until 2009. As First Sea Lord he had command over all naval personnel and vessels, including nuclear-armed submarines. The role includes advising the British defence secretary on maritime strategy and policy.
Career
Band is a former high ranking officer in the Royal Navy, serving between 1967 and 2009. He was promoted to lieutenant in January 1974, commanded the HMS Soberton in 1979, served as flag lieutenant to command-in-chief fleet during the Falklands War, promoted to commander in June 1983, defence staff in the Ministry of Defence in 1985, promoted to captain in 1988, served as assistant director of Navy Plans and Programmes in the Ministry of Defence from 1991, returned to the Ministry of Defence as assistant chief of naval staff in 1997, vice admiral of the Royal Navy in 2000, deputy commander in chief in 2001, admiral in 2002 and finally serving as First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff at the UK Ministry of Defence, between February 2006 and July 2009.[1][2]
In April 2010 he was appointed a non-executive director at Carnival Corporation & plc. The appointment was approved by ACOBA "subject to the condition that, for 12 months from his last day of service, he should not be personally involved in lobbying UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers, on behalf of his new employer, the normal automatic three-month waiting period being waived.[3]
Revolving door
Since retiring from public service Band has taken up several defence industry roles.
He acts as a defence adviser to Babcock International and as a strategic adviser and non-executive board member of arms firm Lockheed Martin and also Survitec, which makes marine safety and survival equipment. Babcock maintains the British Navy’s nuclear submarines and manages Faslane naval base.
He also held a directorships at cruise company Carnival Corporation.
Signatory of open letter to the PM about Trident renewal
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In 2015 Band was one of a number of former senior military and government signatories to a lengthy open letter to incoming prime minister David Cameron. regarding the Trident nuclear programme renewal. The group, which included ex-Labour minister Lord Hutton and former chief MOD scientific adviser Sir Keith O’Nions, argued that it would be 'irresponsible folly to abandon Britain’s own independent deterrent'. [4] Hutton had been employed by Lockheed as a consultant since 2014.
Affiliations
- Non-executive director, Carnival Corporation, April 2010[2]
- Director, Carnival plc, April 2010[2]
- Non-executive director, Lockheed Martin UK Limited[2]
- Patron, MTB 102 Trust[2]
- President, Royal Navy Volunteer Band Association[2]
- President, Royal Navy Rugby Union[2]
- President, Royal Naval and Royal Albert Yacht Club[2]
University
- BA Social Sciences, University of Exeter[2]
External resources
- Campaign Against the Arms Trade, Jonathan Band, Meetings
- Thomas Harding, Head of Royal Navy Sir Jonathon Band vows to fight for aircraft carriers, The Telegraph, 16 February 2009.
Notes
- ↑ Jonathon Band Linkedin, accessed 27 November 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Jonathon Band Bloomberg Businessweek, 27 November 2014, accessed 27 November 2014
- ↑ Eleventh Report 2009-2010 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 27 November 2014
- ↑ Defence of Britain: An open letter to the incoming Prime Minister 2015: Trident Submarine Renewal, The Times, 29 April 2015, 1:01am, accessed 9 February 2018