Sir Edmund Burton This is Me

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1. 1. Edmund Burton

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   Published on: 7/15/2004   Last Visited: 8/4/2005

   Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Burton completed a 3 year appointment as Executive Chairman of the Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO) in December 2003. He retired from the Army in April 2000, on completion of over 38 years' service. His final appointment was Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Systems) in the Ministry of Defence. In that post, he led a Joint Service and Civil Service team in developing a new approach to defence equipment capability - in particular, the establishment of the Central Customer and a Joint Service approach to the integration of information across the battlespace. He was also responsible for the Applied Research Programme.
   
   In his role as Chairman of PITO, he established a Central Customer for strategic police IT and communications equipment capabilities within the organization, which provides procurement and in service support for strategic programmes, such as the Police National Computer, National Fingerprint System, the Criminal Justice Extranet (CJX), and the Airwave secure national communications system. Having completed that three year appointment, he is now undertaking further work with the Cabinet Office, addressing the implementation of the Government Information Assurance Strategy: this initiative, which is engaging the Senior Information Risk Owners across government departments, constitutes a major change activity.
   
   His previous appointments included Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham and Military Attache in the British Embassy, Washington DC. He has been a member of the Defence Science Advisory Committee and of the Defence and Aerospace Panel of the Technology Foresight Programme.
   
   Sir Edmund's particular interest is in the professional development for leaders facing the challenge of working in an uncertain and changing environment. He is a visiting professor at Cranfield University, a fellow of the IEE, and runs a small charity.

2. 2. PITO Annual Report 2002 to 2003 - PITO Board Members' Biographical Notes

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   Published on: 5/18/2004   Last Visited: 12/19/2005

   Sir Edmund Burton, Chairman
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   Sir Edmund Burton Was appointed in January 2001 as Chairman of PITO. General Burton retired from the Army in April 2000. His last position was Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Systems), with responsibility for identifying future Army, Navy and Air Force equipment capabilities and ownership of the MoD Applied Research Programme. Earlier appointments included Commandant Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham, and a Military Attaché in the British Embassy, Washington DC. Prior to joining PITO he undertook consultancy work for the IMPACT programme and TRW systems, and IT Group on the MoD BOWMAN programme. He continues to provide consultancy support to the Cabinet Office. He is a visiting professor for Cranfield University.

3. 3. Avail Consulting - News - Public sector consulting, Strategy, Business Planning, Performance Improvement, Procurement Services, Supply Chain

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   Published on: 4/3/2006   Last Visited: 4/3/2006

   24/08/2005 : Sir Edmund Burton joins Avail Consulting Ltd
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   Sir Edmund Burton retired as Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Systems) in 1999. Since then he has been Executive Chairman of the Police IT Organisation (PITO) and Non-Executive Director Close Brothers Technology & General VCT. He brings a wealth of experience in executive management, strategic planning and leadership.