http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/business/Companies/article1384742.ece
Two lieutenant generals who left the Army less than 18 months ago are now working for companies fighting for a £400m Government defence contract set to be decided in the coming weeks, The Independent has revealed.
Both appointments were approved by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba), with Prime Minister David Cameron’s agreement.
One of the individuals, a former member of the Defence Infrastructure Board, left the army in December 2012. Three months later he landed a job with Capita Defence Services as a non-executive director.
The company is leading one of three consortia shortlisted for the £400m contract to run the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), which manages a budget of billions, and thousands of Ministry of Defence properties.
Telereal Trillium, leading one of the other consortia being considered for the contract, appointed the other individual from Defence Equipment and Support, as an adviser last June – eight months after he had left the Army.
It would appear that senior military individuals who are often involved in high level change programs within the MOD and can have a direct influence on decisions made in defence, are able to sell and exploit their position and knowledge for a benefit other than that of defence.
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