Royal College of Defence Studies

The Royal College of Defense Studies is part of the UK Defence Academy. It was founded in as the Imperial Defence College and was chiefly concerned with defending the British Empire. Today it defines its mission as to

prepare senior officers and officials of the United Kingdom and other countries and future leaders from the private and public sectors for high responsibilities in their respective organisations, by developing their analytical powers, knowledge of defence and international security, and strategic vision.

The College runs one course a year, from January to December. Each course is attended by a maximum of 88 Members, around one-third from UK and two-thirds from overseas. 75 per cent are military officers and the remaining 25 per cent are civil servants, diplomats, police officers and representatives from the private sector.

People

Defence Academy Advisory Board Membership

Ministry of Defence

Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup (Chair) Chief of Defence Staff Mr Bill Jeffrey Permanent Under Secretary of State for Defence Lieutenant General A J N Graham CBE Director Defence Academy

Academia

Professor Sir Andrew Likierman London Business School (LBS) and the Government’s Chief Accountancy Adviser to HM Treasury Professor Sir Adam Roberts Montague Burton Professor for International Relations and Fellow, Balliol College, Oxford Sir Paul Lever KCMG Chairman of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

Engineering Sir David Davies Chairman of the Hazard Forum, former President Royal Academy of Engineering, and former CSA (MOD) Sir John Parker Chairman National Grid Transco and former NED of Defence Logistics Organisation

Management Education Sir Peter Gershon Non-executive Chairman of General Healthcare Group Ltd., Premier Farnell plc. and Symbian Ltd., and non-executive directorship of HM Treasury.

Science Dr Louise Bennett Strategic and corporate governance. Public and private sector consultancy in exploitation of new technology, risk management including fraud prevention, crowd safety and the ethical dimensions of governance.

Leadership Professor Jonathan Gosling Director of the Centre for Leadership Studies, University of Exeter