David Gould

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David Gould is the former chief operating officer of the Ministry of Defence's procurement division. As of December 2010, he is chairman of Selex Systems, part of Finmeccanica.[1]

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His move to Selex Systems was approved by ACOBA "subject to the conditions that, for 12 months from his last day of service, he should not become personally involved in direct negotiations with the MOD or in lobbying MOD Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers, on behalf of SELEX, any other Finmeccanica company, or any consortium they may join to bid for MOD business".[2]

Notes

  1. Rajeev Syal and Solomon Hughes, Ex-defence minister joins arms firm behind MoD £1.5bn overspend,guardian.co.uk, 17 December 2010.
  2. Tenth Report 2008-2009 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 25 November 2014