This article is about the British civil servant. For his father, a British diplomat, see Roger Jackling (diplomat).
Sir Roger Tustin Jackling KCB CBE (born 23 November 1943) is a British retired Civil Servant who served as the first Director General of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.
Career[]
Educated at Wellington College, New York University and Jesus College, Oxford,[1] Jackling joined the Ministry of Defence in 1969.[2] He was appointed a Fellow of the Centre for International Affairs at Harvard University in 1985 and Principal of the Civil Service College in 1986.[2] He went on to be Deputy Under-Secretary (Resources, Programmes & Finance) and then Second Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence from 1997.[2] He was appointed Director General of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom on its formation in 2002.[3]
References[]
- ↑ Jackling, Sir Roger Tustin, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Public Service
- ↑ Aim high The Guardian, 16 July 2003.
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