Warren King has decided to cease duty as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) effective from Friday, Secretary of the Department of Defence Dennis Richardson announced on Wednesday.
King is preparing to undertake other duties elsewhere within the Department of Defence for “a period of time” before he retires completely from the Australian Public Service, Richardson wrote in a Department-wide email.
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Harry Dunstall, the DMO’s general manager commercial and deputy CEO, will play the role of acting chief executive as of the close of business on Friday.
King took the helm of the DMO in February 2012. 25.02.15
Babe
says:Following 2 CEOs, 3? Major Reviews and 15 yrs of the DMO experiment is the Abbott government going to Bite the Bullet and make its Managers and Staff face consequences for non performance? After all, the recent acquisition successes Abrams, C17A ER, M777, MH60R, Growler and Super Hornet have all been FMS delivered via our most favoured nation status on USA service contract terms with minimal DMO involvement other than exercising options like Aux Gen and Inf Tank Tel in the Abrams. Maybe 2 to 3 yr career stamps on uniformed personnel promotion plans will be substituted by subject matter experts whose reputation was based on delivery of cost effective outcomes to contracted specifications, on time and within budget. Pigs might fly down in malfunction junction also!