Michael Parsons

Pimco Sp. z o.o. provides constantly better solutions for the detection, protection and identification of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and enhanced explosive threats.
• Responsible for identifying new clients and marketing the company’s products to government, military, civil and commercial sectors within the Gulf Cooperation Council States.
• Responsible for providing formal proposals to customer inquiries in conjunction with the sales department and finance department. Following up on meetings, e-mails and telephone conversations regarding formals proposals.
• Attending trade shows, events and conferences to market the company’s products.

The Defence Section, reporting to International Policy and Planning in London is responsible for maintaining the bilateral defence relationship that exists between the British and Polish Armed Forces. Providing military advice on modernisation and the continual integration into NATO.
• Actively engaged in planning bilateral land warfare, aviation, maritime and training exercises.
• Prepared all diplomatic clearances concerning Royal Air Force aircraft landing in Poland and over-flights of Polish national airspace.
• Administered the local budget and general office management to keep a small team of 5-personnel functioning effectively and efficiently in order to meet departmental goals and objectives.

Defence Export Service Organisation (DESO) - (today known as the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation) promotes and helps British defence companies, including small and medium enterprises to export. DESO works with the defence industry to build and maintain relationships with overseas customers, providing the essential government-to-government interaction.

▪ A small team of three personnel working in country on a portfolio of military export projects worth over $200 million in land, maritime, aviation, support services, training and supply for the Kuwait Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Interior in order to enhance and develop Kuwait’s national security.

▪ Managed, co-ordinated and planned product demonstrations, defence industry and ministerial visits. Shaping each visit programme to the client’s requirements.

▪ Established and improved working relationships with the British defence industry and individual Kuwaiti service branches like the Army, Navy, Air Force, National Guard, Coast Guard and Special Security Forces.

▪ Administered the local budget and general office management to keep the small team functioning effectively and efficiently in order to meet departmental goals and objectives.

▪ Management responsibility for one locally engaged civilian.

Operational deployment into a multi-national military theatre in support of British Armed Forces assigned to the “U.S.-led coalition against Iraq” prior, during and after major combat operations.

▪ Analyse and evaluate business cases, investment appraisals and procurement requests, but only if the request has been financially scrutinised and approved by a Finance Officer.

▪ Prepare single source and open competition tenders as well as exploring opportunities for sourcing from other Troop Contributing Nations within the operational theatre or through Host Nation Support.

▪ Participation in opening, evaluation and reporting on tenders.

▪ Prepare contracts and purchase orders that are timely and appropriate under English Law with terms and conditions that are familiar and easily understood by both parties.

▪ Set up and maintain contract or purchase order files. Minute files with important actions, decisions and notes where appropriate.

▪ Carry out market research, make regular contact with suppliers and the forging of healthy working relationships is an absolute necessity. Particularly so in regions where suppliers are often unreliable and the product and or service is not the same as in the UK.

▪ Procurement requests were wide ranging - anything from purchasing bottled water to multi-million pound contracts with blue chip companies. Most of the life support service contracts (construction, sanitary, waste management, water, power and laundry) are demand driven and the use of enabler arrangements is widespread.

Please refer to period July 2003 - December 2004.

Operational deployment into two multi-national military theatres in Macedonia. Firstly in support of British Armed Forces assigned to Operation “Essential Harvest” a NATO launched British-led rapid deployment force. Second to support British Armed Forces assigned to the Kosovo Force (KFOR) a NATO led peacekeeping force responsible for establishing a secure environment in Kosovo.

The Defence Vetting Agency - (today known as Defence Business, Services National Security Vetting) is the United Kingdom's largest government organisation carrying out National Security Vetting (NSV), and the only government organisation whose core business is NSV.

Operational deployment into a multi-national military theatre in support of British Armed Forces assigned to KFOR a NATO led peacekeeping force responsible for establishing a secure environment in Kosovo.

Non-operational deployment to the Falkland Islands, which is an overseas territory and continued commitment of the United Kingdom and, as such, rely on British Armed Forces for guarantee of their security and to deter any military aggression.

The Army Base Repair Organisation (ABRO) provides expert in-house maintenance, repair, upgrade, overhaul, up-armouring and support services for the British Armed Forces land systems. Contract Repair acted as an in-house fleet management department of white fleet vehicles, soft green fleet vehicles (i.e. Land Rovers) and occasionally manufacture.

Operational deployment into a multi-national military theatre in support of British Armed Forces assigned to the Stabilisation Force (SFOR) a NATO led peacekeeping force in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Please refer to period February 1999 - March 1999.

The Supply Section within ABRO was responsible for providing the workshops with spares and materials obtained from the Ministry of Defence, Central Storage and Distribution Centre. The Local Purchase Officer sourced spares, materials and services, which could not be provided centrally by NATO stock numbered issues.