Geoffrey Dodds took over as Secretary of the Defence and Security Media Advisory Committee in November 2016.
Prior to that he spent 36 years in the British Army as a Sapper Officer serving operationally in command appointments in the Falkland Islands, Bosnia, Kosovo and Iraq. He has also served in United Nations Headquarters as a military planner, in various NATO posts and in military diplomatic appointments worldwide.
Secretary
The DSMA-Notice Secretary can be contacted:
Email:
secretary@dsma.uk
Telephone:
020 7218 2206
The office is normally open Mondays to Fridays from 0900 to 1700. The telephone is fitted with an Ansaphone which, out of office hours, gives information on how the Secretary can be contacted.
Deputy Secretaries
First Deputy Secretary – Captain (Retired) Jon Perkins RN
Telephone: (office hours) 020 7218 2206
Second Deputy Secretary – Lieutenant Commander (Retired) Stephen Dudley RN
Telephone: (office hours) 020 7218 2206
MOD Press Office
In the event of any difficulty the Ministry of Defence Press Office will try to establish the whereabouts of the Secretary:
Telephone: (24 hours) 020 7218 7907