Matthew Stott

Experience

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  Royal Air Force

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2010

  Commissioned Officer

  Staff Officer 2010No. 1 Air Mobility WingProviding staff, logistic and personnel support to small specialist reams of RAF Movements personnel at isolated locations within the UK and worldwide, including RAF Movements Liaison Officers.Operational Staff Officer 2010Joint Helicopter Force (Afghanistan)Infrastructure specialist developing the real estate and operating surfaces for UK helicopters in Helmand and Kandahar provinces.Staff Officer 2008 to 2010Joint Helicopter CommandHeadquarters generating support, utility and attack helicopters for the British Armed Forces. Responsible for logistic policy and support to all 3 Services on exercise, operations and worldwide standing commitments.Team Leader (Dispatcher) 2006 to 2008United Kingdom Mobile Air Movements SquadronUnit providing high readiness personnel to process freight and passengers from Royal Air Force (RAF) transport aircraft at any location worldwide, including Iraq and Afghanistan, and running Air Terminal operations at RAF Lyneham..Supply Chain Control & Accounting Officer 2004 to 2006RAF Odiham Supply & Movements SquadronUnit responsible for front line supply chain, mechanical transport and air transportation support to RAF Odiham based helicopters. Manager for a mixed team of 17 Service personnel, Civil Servants and civilian personnel and responsible for budgets totalling £11 million.Inventory Optimisation Specialist 2003 to 2004Chinook Helicopter Integrated Project TeamAdministrative project team of engineers and logisticians linking the MOD supply chain and the aerospace industry. Responsible for ensuring the flow of spare parts and maintenance of CAA airworthiness certificate for the Chinook helicopter. Generated several million pounds of savings from the optimisation of asset holdings. Show less

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  British Army

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2019

  Squadron Commander 2017-201919 Tank Transporter Squadron, Royal Logistic Corps.Heavy Lift Transportation Organisation.Leadership and management of 200 personnel, both Regular and Sponsored Reserve. Management of commercial relationship with FTX Ltd, part of KBR, for tasking, availability and readiness of Heavy Equipment Transporters and associated personnel. Responsibility for readiness and worldwide deployment of personnel and equipment under arduous conditions at short notice.Staff Officer 2015-2017Information Systems & Services, MODInformation Systems Service Provision - Contract monitoring, negotiation and development. Information systems and network technical service management and provision. Monitoring security, availability and performance of services, applications, software and hardware from procurement to disposal. Leadership and management of over 35 personnel including military, civil servants and contractors and budgets of over £10 million.Information Capability Management MSc, 2015Cranfield UniversityDissertation specialising in Social Media Intelligence; top Army MSc student across whole of university, 2015.Field Officer Student 2014Intermediate Command & Staff Course (Land)Defence Academy of the United Kingdom Show less Battle Captain 20133 Close Support Logistic RegimentCurrent operations manager for combat logistic patrols on exercise in the UK and Canada as well as on operations in central Helmand, Afghanistan.Regimental Signals Officer 2012-20133 Logistic Support RegimentResponsible for managing all communications specialists, providing communications for operations and exercises and acting as a staff officer within Regimental Headquarters. Troop Commander & Squadron Second in Command 2011-20123 Logistic Support RegimentMateriel Troop, 21 General Support Squadron, providing the warehousing and provisioning requirements for 1 Mechanised Brigade by leading over 60 personnel. Show less

  • Commissioned Officer

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2019

  • Commissioned Officer

    Jan 2011 - Jan 2014
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  British Army

  May 2019 - now

  Officer Commanding United Nations Support TeamMogadishu, Somalia2021-2022Leadership and management of a team of 10 SMEs in logistics, equipment support, intelligence, and operations to add capacity and pace to the UN Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS - logistics) and the UN Assistance Mission to Somalia (UNSOM - political), working with the Somali Security Forces, African Union peace enforcement troops, international partners, contractors and deployed UN personnel. Personal staff responsibilities included Covid-19 crisis response; cross-cutting logistic coordination and logistic contingency planning for anticipated and executed change at the operational level.Staff OfficerMinistry of Defence2019-2021Current Operations and Plans (J35) Logistics Staff Officer in a headquarters operating at all levels from tactical to strategic, acting as the SME and logistic conscience for all activity. Wide engagement with all front line commands, agencies, Permanent Joint Headquarters and across MOD Main Building.Deputy Chief of StaffAfghan National Army Officer Academy, KabulMarch-November 2019British-Mentored Military College for initial officer training.Mentoring of Afghan Chief of Office for the 1* Officer Academy and Head of the National and International Relations Directorate for the 2* Marshal Fahim National Defence University.Staff Officer to the 1* UK Chief Mentor for 9 months deployed in Kabul.Leadership and management of the experienced SNCOs, WOs and Officer mentor team, including staffing of multinational force generation, personnel reporting, finances and organisational development. Project management of wide portfolio of issues including a multi-million pound training area expansion; disbursement of multinational ANAOA development funds; infrastructure development and control of a significant ANAOA Cadet improvement fund. Show less

  • Logistics Officer & PhD Researcher

    Jun 2022 - now

  • Commissioned Officer

    May 2019 - Sept 2022