Richard Applegate

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Lieutenant General Richard Applegate CB, OBE, is a retired British Army officer.

In his last military appointment he was the first Chief of Materiel (Land) in the Defence Equipment and Support organisation and a member of the leadership board of the British Army for 3 years, latterly as Quartermaster General. Applegate left the UK armed forces in 2010.[1]

In December 2010 he was appointed an associate member of Niteworks, a partnership between the UK Ministry of Defence, including the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, and industry.[2]

Applegate was appointed chairman of Elbit Systems UK in May 2011.[3] He is also in charge of Business Development at Remitia since 2015 [4]

Sunday Times sting operation

In 2012, Applegate was one of a number of retired senior army officers targeted in a sting operation by Sunday Times journalists posing as representatives of a Korean drone manufacturer.[5]

Applegate was reportedly involved in a campaign to secure a £500 million contract for Israeli arms firm Elbit Systems.[6] The Sunday Times reported:

He confided that he used Westminster Connection, a discreet lobbying firm with Israeli links, as a "firebreak" to ensure "that my fingerprints weren't over any of it". It could gain access to anyone "from the Prime Minister down". He said the firm, based in Victoria and co-owned by Scott Hamilton, a former Conservative staffer, had used its links with Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) to persuade MPs in the Commons to assist him in his campaign.[6]

Affiliations

Notes

  1. Heropreneurs appoints distinguished soldier and businessman as patron, Heropreneurs, accessed 14 October 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Twelfth Report 2010-2011 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 8 December 2014
  3. Lt.Gen (Ret.) Dick Applegate appointed Chairman of Elbit Systems UK, Helihub, 13 May 2011.
  4. [1]
  5. Galloping Greed of the old warhorses, Insight, Sunday Times, 14 October 2012, pp.13-15.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Secret campaign 'secured £500m', Insight, Sunday Times, 14 October 2012.
  7. Heropreneurs appoints distinguished soldier and businessman as patron, Heropreneurs, accessed 14 October 2012.