Lieutenant General Phil Prosser CBE FCILT
Biography
Lieutenant General Phil Prosser was commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) in 1992. He has held a range of command, staff and operational appointments across Defence, including deployments to Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. His command appointments include 8 Field Company (Parachute), 1 Close Support Battalion REME and 101 Logistic Brigade.
He has also served in Army Headquarters, Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), Field Army Headquarters and Strategic Command. Between 2016 and 2019, he led the DE&S team responsible for in-service support to most Army vehicles and helped shape Defence’s approach to support and data-driven decision-making. In 2020, he supported the national response to COVID-19, including the distribution of personal protective equipment and vaccines.
He served as Director Joint Support in Strategic Command from February 2023 to February 2026, as the lead joint user for the end-to-end supply chain. He started in post as Chief of Defence Logistics and Support in November 2026.
Chief of Defence Logistics and Support
Chief of Defence Logistics and Support (CDLS) is a senior leader within the National Armaments Director (NAD) Group and leads the National Armaments Logistics and Support organisation.
Logistics and Support enables, sustains, and modernises the warfighting readiness of the UK Armed Forces through the delivery of integrated, resilient and efficient Support.
The role of Logistics and Support is to:
- plan and operate Support capabilities
- deliver Logistics and Support services
- deliver projects and programmes to modernise Logistics and Support
- act as the Support Function, responsible for setting the pan-Defence architecture, ensuring Support is coherent, effective and delivered as a single, integrated enterprise
- act as the Lead Command for Joint Support Enabling capabilities
- manage the Strategic Base as a front-line capability and cohere the operational energy transition