Lt Colonel Jonathan Kerr

Lt Col Kerr assumed his current appointment in August 2016. As Head of the Centre for Intelligence Innovation (CII) in Defence Intelligence, he is responsible for developing and delivering innovative solutions to improve Defence Intelligence’s outputs. Having previously served in a wide variety of posts across Defence his more recent appointments have seen him focusing on Joint Forces Intelligence Group concepts and the procurement and delivery of deployed GEOINT capability. CII consists of 42 staff drawn from Dstl scientists, Civil Servants and all three military Services. CII staff are formed into four mutually supporting teams comprising: Operational Research, Applied R&D, Rapid Exploitation and Transition & Support. The primary aim this year is to demonstrate an agile approach to delivering Artificial Intelligence for Defence Intelligence.