Amyas Morse Defence Commercial Director, MoD Amyas Morse was born in Edinburgh, and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.  He led the Coopers & Lybrand practice in Scotland, before moving to London to  manage the London City Office, and subsequently becoming the Executive Partner of the Coopers & Lybrand UK firm.  When PricewaterhouseCoopers was formed, he took on global responsibilities, and has served as Global Leader of Assurance practice (audit and related services), and then as Global Managing Partner(Operations).  He joined MOD in July 2006 as the Defence Commercial Director.   The Defence Commercial Director is a 3* civil service appointment within the Ministry of Defence and is a vital part of the successful implementation of the Defence Industrial Strategy, published in December 2005. The Defence Commercial Director will take the lead in shaping the Department’s relationship with industry and our future strategic commercial arrangements. He is the Head of Profession for the commercial function, which comprises some 2000 staff based at locations throughout the UK.