Deputy Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)

Deputy Chief of the General Staff
Incumbent Lieutenant General Dame Sharon Nesmith since 11 August 2022
Army Headquarters British Army
Abbreviation	DCGS
Member of	Army Board
Reports to	Chief of the General Staff
Nominator	Secretary of State for Defence
Appointer	The Monarch On the advice of the Prime Minister, subject to formal approval by the King-in-Council
Term length	No fixed length
Precursor	Vice Chief of the General Staff
Formation	1914, 2015
First holder	Sir Henry Merrick Lawson
Deputy	Assistant Chief of the General Staff

Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCGS) is the title of the deputy to the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army. From 1942 until 1968 the Deputy Chief was the third-ranking member of the General Staff, subordinate the Chief and Vice Chief. As of September 2015, the role of Deputy CGS is to be "responsible for representing the Army Top Level Budget (TLB) within Head Office and outwards to relevant TLBs and dependencies, provides oversight of the Army Operating Model and provides overall personnel policy direction as the Principal Personnel Officer (PPO)."^[1]