Kevin Leeson
Air Marshal Sir Kevin Leeson KCB, CBE, FREng (born 11 June 1956) is a retired British Royal Air Force engineer officer who attained the rank of chief of defence materiel (Air).
Since retiring from the Ministry of Defence in October 2012 he has pursued a new career in the arms industry.
He was appointed Director Military Affairs at Airbus UK in 2016. He is also a senior strategy adviser on air sector matters for the Defence, Aerospace and Security Division of Atkins. [1]
Revolving Door
In October 2017 a freedom of information request by Campaign Against the Arms Trade revealed that both Airbus and Atkins staff held passes (7 and 2 respectively) which allowed them access to the Ministry of Defence buildings in Whitehall. it is not known whether Leeson was among those holding such passes. Other arms trade companies with such access included Fujitsu (50), BAE (19), PA Consulting (15) and Leonardo (13). [2]
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Notes
- ↑ Sir Kevin Leeson, LinkedIn, last accessed 15 September 2017.
- ↑ Ministry of Defence reply to CAAT Freedom of Information request dated 18 September 2018], accessed 29 January 2018
