Appointed by the Prime Minister, February 2015.. Rear Admiral Hussain’s last military appointments were as Director General Weapons until 2009 and Controller of the Navy until 2012. Since then he has led a UK business unit of a multinational engineering services company and is chairman of a cyber technology company.. A Fellow of the City and. Guilds Institute and of London Business School’s Sloan programme, he also holds an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Durham University, and is an ambassador for Mosaic, a charity promoting ambition in the young.
