Stephen Rayson Email & Phone Number

Taunton, Gb

Aldershot, England, United Kingdom

Deputy head of the Army’s support structure responsible for engaging with society; recruiting, training and educating all British Army officers and soldiers; supporting national resilience to all forms of conflict and natural disaster; and protecting the Army’s heritage.

Aldershot, England, United Kingdom

Director and joint custodian of a charitable trust responsible for disbursement of grants totaling £2.8m p.a.

United Kingdom And International

Supporting clients in UK and internationally to develop and refine their supply chain strategy. Able to work across national, cultural and ideological boundaries to lead or contribute to developing strategy at the highest level, with a flair for maintaining strategic vision, enabling identification of a clear path through the most confusing and adverse circumstances.

United Kingdom

Head of Personnel of all 30,000 of the UK’s Army Reservists, reporting to the Army’s Director of Personnel. Responsible for personnel policy & strategy from recruitment to retirement.

United Kingdom

Reporting to the Director of Strategy & Design, and responsible for developing strategy and leading design of infrastructure solutions to maximise supply chain efficiency.• Secured £56m investment to deliver £120m additional revenue.• Defined and secured endorsement of Royal Mail’s strategy for supply chain visibility.• Drove and cohered development of vision & strategy for £750m p.a. Logistics function.• Directed recovery of failing design & procurement project to generate £160m benefit.• Diversity Champion for Royal Mail Operations Centre.

Provided corporate and commercial insight to help establish this charitable trust, to promote professional excellence and improve military, industry and academic interaction.

Post-graduate education in international affairs & strategy at global, regional & national levels. • Practised in developing strategy at the highest level, nationally & internationally.• Trained for the demands of leadership at the highest level.• Appraised as the strongest Reserve officer to complete RCDS for several years.

Reporting to the Army’s Director Reserves, developing strategy & policy for the Army Reserve.• Directed and led production of “The Army Reserve Guide”, combining information, policy and guidance on how best to lead, motivate, train, organise and use the Army Reserve

• Secured £56m investment to deliver £120m additional revenue.• Defined and secured endorsement of Royal Mail’s strategy for supply chain visibility.• Drove and cohered development of vision & strategy for £750m p.a. Logistics function.• Directed recovery of failing design & procurement project to generate £160m benefit.

Responsible for coordination and development of strategy and design for delivery operations.• Shaped strategic decisions for £3.2bn operational budget and £150m of capital.• Secured £100m funding for 75k handheld devices to modernise doorstep delivery.• Developed strategy for optimising c2000 operational sites (location and design).• Designed improved operations & secured union agreement.• Led operational negotiations for separation from Post Office Ltd (£300m p.a.).• Provided consultancy advice to the Hong Kong Post Office.

Principal advisor on Reserve logistics to the Army’s Director of Capability.• Head of profession for 6,500 Army Reserve logisticians (c20% of entire Army Reserve).• Achieved c30% growth of recruitment and training, reversing previous decline.• Directed and led major transition of Reserve units’ organisation and structures.

Principal Reserve advisor designing the Army Reserve’s transition from the Territorial Army.• Directed and led engagement and communications with the existing Reserve workforce.• Contributed to HM Government White Paper, “Future Reserves 2020.”

Led the Army’s only Reserve Port and Maritime Capability, including responsibility for recruitment, training and operations.• Grew and trained a team of 450 specialist logisticians, in the context of wider decline. • Provided regular, ongoing littoral logistic support to Defence operations.

Training officer responsible for collective training of c1,500 Territorial Army soldiers across the full range of Logistics capabilities.

Deployed to Afghanistan, responsible for contract management and logistics operations.• Logistics planning for 50,000 strong multi-national formation.• US$120M contract management for NATO in Afghanistan.

Chief of Staff role, coordinating operational design and deployment plan for £480m capital programme, ensuring the requirements of internal and external customers were met. • Implemented major functionality to process over 1 million items per day.• Reduced levels of rejected postal containers from c2000 to c200 per day.• Drove identification and resolution of issues, reducing downtime by c20%.• Negotiated with external authority and achieved a £200k reduction in capital spend.• Led virtual team which included external suppliers and agencies.

Responsible for all aspects of running a small consultancy business with internal and external clients. Included commercial management, sales and customer relationship management.• Managed 65 consultants, delivering projects worth over £500m of investment.• Delivered strategic consultancy to overseas postal administrations, including the introduction of the first-ever next day deliveries in North West Russia.• Personally advised the Postal Administrations in Greece and Spain.• Visiting lecturer for Warwick and Sheffield Universities’ MBA and MSc courses.

Responsible for planning and implementation of strategic initiatives for postal distribution.• Managed £70m procurement of new trains, within time, cost & quality requirements, despite difficult national political situation surrounding rail privatisation.• Managed £5m design, procurement and deployment of materials handling systems.• Managed and implemented first containerisation of mail on rail.

A variety of junior and mid-ranking roles. Highlights include:• Led teams of up to 120 people, including responsibility for recruitment and training.• Planned and deployed to Kuwait to deliver professional training for Kuwait Army.

Responsible for leading up to 60 personnel and managing equipment worth c£30m.• Coordinated and controlled strategic and tactical military logistics.• Managed a commercial travel office, doubling turnover to DM 3m pa in one year.

A variety of junior officer leadership roles in transport units.

Master Of Arts - Ma, International Security And Strategy

Ba (Hons), German Language And Literature