Defence Board
Updated 19 February 2025
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Defence Board
The Defence Board is chaired by the Secretary of State and is responsible for top-level strategic leadership of the department, focusing on strategy and plans for generating military forces, including financial planning, performance against those plans, and risk.
The Defence Board is the highest committee in the Ministry of Defence (MOD). It is responsible for the full range of defence business, other than the conduct of operations.
Non-Executive Board Member roles require a time commitment of up to 30 days per year, remunerated at a daily rate of £833.20.
All appointments and re-appointments have been in accordance with the Governance Code for Public Appointments.
For further information on the Defence Board, please visit The Ministry of Defence’s Governance page.