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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== | ||
| + | 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: | ||
| + | ::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== | ||
| + | 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== | ||
| + | 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> | ||
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
*[[Aegis Defence Services]] | *[[Aegis Defence Services]] | ||
| + | *[[Northern Gulf Partners]] - Advisory Board<ref>[http://www.northerngp.com/cgi-bin/team?SECTION=executive Executive Committee and Advisory Board], Northern Gulf Partners, accessed 23 November 2010.</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
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| + | [[Category:British Army|Ellery, James]][[Category:CPA Iraq|Ellery, James]][[Category:PMC People|Ellery, James]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:23, 11 January 2011
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
- Aegis Defence Services
- Northern Gulf Partners - Advisory Board[10]
References
- ↑ Speaker Biographies, Iraq Mega Projects 2010, accessed 23 November 2010.
- ↑ Speaker Biographies, Iraq Mega Projects 2010, accessed 23 November 2010.
- ↑ Charles Moore, The very British gentleman helping to put southern Sudan back on its feet, The Telegraph, 25 September 2006.
- ↑ Speaker Biographies, Iraq Mega Projects 2010, accessed 23 November 2010.
- ↑ Speaker Biographies, Iraq Mega Projects 2010, accessed 23 November 2010.
- ↑ Robert Young Pelton, Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror, Crown, 2006, p.277.
- ↑ Robert Young Pelton, Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror, Crown, 2006, p.279.
- ↑ Speaker Biographies, Iraq Mega Projects 2010, accessed 23 November 2010.
- ↑ Speaker Biographies, Iraq Mega Projects 2010, accessed 23 November 2010.
- ↑ Executive Committee and Advisory Board, Northern Gulf Partners, accessed 23 November 2010.
