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RCCD North West - biography
Dominic Whelan - North West Regional Control Company Director
Dominic Whelan commenced his appointment as Regional Control Centre Director for the North West in November 2008.
Dominic moved into this post following 20 years of military service as an Army Officer, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. His last appointment in the Army was as Commanding Officer for a Royal Artillery Regiment based in the North West. In this position he was CEO of a unit that had to recruit, train, prepare and provide individuals to deploy on military operations. Previous to this he was based in the Permanent Joint Headquarters in Middlesex where he was Head of Personnel for all of the UK overseas operations. During this period he was responsible for the design and implementation of HR (Personnel) requirements for the UK operation in Afghanistan and the roll out of a major HR change programme to the overseas theatres of UK military operations.
Previous service included tours of duty in UK, Germany, Cyprus, Bosnia and Kosovo and Iraq. In the latter, whilst deployed in Basra on operations in 2004, he was a key member in the team that created the first Permanent Joint Operations and Coordination Centre for all Iraqi civil and military emergency services in southern Iraq.
