Jamie Macintosh

Dr. J. P. MacIntosh, Head of ARAG

Dr. J.P. MacIntosh has been the Head of the Advanced Research and Assessment Group (ARAG) since April 2007. Before being appointed the Head of the ARAG, MacIntosh spent over a year as the Home personal advisor to Home Secretary John Reid on Transformation and National Security. The MoD biographical note on him claims that 'He catalysed the use of a "war room" facility to begin building the capacity needed to transform the Home Office' It also claims that his advice on 'trends in political philosophy' supported Dr Reid in 'focusing attention on the strategic issue of "20th Century Rules / 21st Century Conflict" to the acclaim of both US and EU Cabinet colleagues.'

His advice, the MoD claims, 'was instrumental' in the creation the Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU), and the Office of Security and Counter Terrorism (OSCT).

Activities

Macintosh was a guest speaker at the High Reliability Organizations 2007 International Conference, Deauville in France.

Career

According to the MoD:

Before joining Defence Academy to start-up ARAG in 2004 and become its first Deputy Head, Dr MacIntosh had spent three years at the Cabinet Office. There he co-authored the concept of "Resilience to Crises" and at the direction of the Prime Minister worked to establish the Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS) from June 2001. More than a decade leading multi-disciplinary teams on the nature of risk and decision-taking in dynamic networks underpins his approach to security as a public service.

During his time with DERA and Dstl such programmes made strategic and operational contributions in the emerging fields of Information Superiority and Information Operations (IS-IO). Experience of national crisis management on several fronts, not least given the growth of new media, reinforces his commitment to driving research and education that can accelerate the organisational learning of statecraft and governance.

Prior to becoming an MoD Research Scientist MacIntosh 'served in the British Army for ten years. His final operational tour was in Bosnia during most of 1993.'

Affiliations

• 2001-2006 served on the Council of Royal United Services Institute(RUSI). He continues to be a member of RUSI's Finance and Performance Committee | member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) | member of the Army Mountaineering Association (AMA).