A National Shipbuilding Office has been created in the UK to 'galvanise and promote' the UK's shipbuilding enterprise, Ben Wallace, the Government's Shipbuilding Tsar and Defence Secretary has announced. The government said the founding of the new National Shipbuilding Office 'is a significant milestone in the UK's shipbuilding renaissance.' The Office will be responsible for driving forward one of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's key domestic priorities across government, working in close collaboration with the sector industrial partners and supply chain. Rear Admiral Rex Cox has been appointed as the chief executive of the new organisation. With more than 30 years-experience in the Royal Navy, Rear Admiral Cox worked as the defence policy advisor for Her Majesty's Treasury from 2015 to 2018 and most recently served as the Head of Capability Planning in the Finance and Military Capability directorate of the Ministry of Defence. The Defence Secretary said: "Creation of the National Shipbuilding Office and the appointment of Rear Admiral Rex Cox marks a further demonstration of this Government's ambition to supercharge the UK's shipbuilding industry across all four corners of the UK.
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