Peter Watkins (civil servant)

Peter Derek Watkins CBE (born 8 February 1959) is a civil servant who served as Director General of the Defence Academy from 2011 to 2014.

Career

Educated at Strode's College in Egham and Peterhouse, Cambridge, Watkins joined the Ministry of Defence in 1980.[1] He became Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Defence in 2001, Command Secretary RAF Strike Command in 2004 and Director General Typhoon Programme in 2007.[1] He went on to be Director of Operational Policy at the Ministry of Defence in 2008[2] and Director General of the Defence Academy in 2011.[3]

On 8 January 2010 Watkins told the Iraq Inquiry of the complexities of the British withdrawal from Basra in 2009, saying "we should have applied the Balkans principle of in together out together".[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
  2. ↑ "Operations in Afghanistan - Defence Committee". Hansard. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "New Director General at the Defence Academy". Defence Academy. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Iraq inquiry - day by day timeline of evidence given". BBC. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
Military offices
Preceded by
Andrew Graham		 Director General of the Defence Academy
2011–2014 		Succeeded by
Duncan Potts