Sir Roger Tustin Jackling KCB CBE (born 23 November 1943) is a British retired Civil Servant who served as the first Director General of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.
Educated at Wellington College, New York University and Jesus College, Oxford,[1] Jackling joined the Ministry of Defence in 1969.[2] He was appointed a Fellow of the Centre for International Affairs at Harvard University in 1985 and Principal of the Civil Service College in 1986.[2] He went on to be Deputy Under-Secretary (Resources, Programmes & Finance) and then Second Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence from 1997.[2] He was appointed Director General of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom on its formation in 2002.[3]
| Government offices | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Moray Stewart |
Second Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence 1996–2002 |
Succeeded by Sir Ian Andrews |
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| Preceded by New Post |
Director General of the Defence Academy 2002–2005 |
Succeeded by |
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