RUSI Deputy Director-General Malcolm Chalmers Leaving to Take Up New Role
Malcolm Chalmers to become Strategic Advisor to UK Secretary of State for Defence.
After 17 years at RUSI, Deputy Director-General, Malcolm Chalmers, has announced his intention to take up the position of Strategic Adviser to Defence Secretary John Healey MP, and Head of Review and Challenge in the MoD.
Malcolm is one of RUSI’s longest serving staff. He started as Director of Studies in 2008 and has been Deputy Director-General since 2015.
RUSI’s Director-General, Rachel Ellehuus, said:
Malcolm has been central to RUSI’s transformation and growth during this period, and he has made a substantial personal contribution to research and scholarship on UK defence and foreign policy. He is respected in his field both in the UK and abroad. He will be missed but this is the perfect opportunity to apply his skills in a new way and have an even greater impact on UK policy at this critical time in international affairs.
Rachel Ellehuus
RUSI Director-General
She added:
This [new role] is a credit to his deep expertise on UK defence and foreign policy and recognition of the important role he played in delivering the Strategic Defence Review.
Rachel Ellehuus
RUSI Director-General
Reflecting on his time helping lead RUSI, Malcolm said:
RUSI is a very special place, and I feel exceptionally lucky to have been part of its development since 2008. I have been privileged to work with many brilliant and dedicated colleagues, addressing some of the most important challenges of our time. I could not have asked for more.
Malcolm Chalmers
Former Deputy Director General, RUSI
Malcolm continued:
My appointment to this new position in the MoD is testament to the esteem with which RUSI is now held at the heart of government. I will do my best to bring the RUSI method – evidence-based analysis and challenge – to my new role.
Malcolm Chalmers
Former Deputy Director General, RUSI
Malcolm will leave RUSI following a short transition period. An advertisement for a replacement Director of Research will be published shortly.