Unipart appoints Gerry Ewart-Brookes to senior defence role

Gerry joins Unipart from the British Army where he served for three years as the General Officer responsible for writing NATO’s plans for enabling and sustaining the deployment of hundreds of thousands of troops into and across Europe.

Prior to this, Gerry served in the British Army as a logistician for 36 years in countries including the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, Germany, Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan. In the last ten years Gerry commanded a 7,500 strong Operational Sustainment Brigade and headed up Army logistics between 2020-22.

Gerry also holds a Master of Science (MS), Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management from Cranfield University. 

Gerry will lead the Unipart team that, alongside its strategic partner KBR, will compete for the Future Defence Support Services contract.

Jim Hartshorne, Unipart Managing Director – Commercial, said: “Following the UK’s Strategic Defence Review and the Defence Industrial Strategy, now is a crucial time for Unipart to enhance the resilience and effectiveness of the UK defence supply chain, so I’m delighted to welcome Gerry to Unipart, in what is a significant addition to our defence leadership team. 

“Having served as a senior Army logistician and within NATO, Gerry brings an incredible wealth of expertise and knowledge to Unipart in our support of the UK defence sector.”

Gerry Ewart-Brookes, Bid Director for Future Defence Support Solutions, said: “I’m thrilled to be joining Unipart in such a role at such an important time. Our endeavour to make Unipart an integral part of the Defence Support Sector is an exciting opportunity for me personally. But more broadly it will help to deepen the whole of Government, sovereign-based, commercial and Defence partnerships necessary to protect the UK’s vital interests in a period of heightened threat.”