Lieutenant General Richard Wardlaw was appointed as the first Chief of Defence Logistics and Support in October 2019. As CDLS he is responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of a cross-cutting, pan-Defence strategy for Support, a c£14Bn/annum enterprise covering every facet of Logistics, Engineering and Equipment Support .

The responsibility of this role includes: directing, regulating, and assuring Support policies, rules and standards; directing the Support Transformation portfolio designed to deliver a new, world-class Defence Support organisation and network, including c£1.2Bn of financial efficiencies; and directing, cohering and assuring pan-Defence Support performance, including those capabilities necessary for the outload/inload of forces from the UK.