Fujitsu is one of the top five information and communication technology providers in the world, with over 5 decades of experience delivering technology solutions to the UK Defence market. They first signed the Armed Forces Covenant in 2014, which they re-signed in 2016. They joined the Employer Recognition Scheme and were first awarded Gold ERS in 2015 which was successfully revalidated in 2020. They have been industry leaders in their advocacy of the Armed Forces community for many years. Ben Onions, British Army veteran and National Account Manager for technology and telecommunication at DRM speaks to Tim Gibson, Vice President Defence and National Security and Bridget Ward, Head of People and Third Party Engagement Defence and National Security at Fujitsu UK about Fujitsu’s long standing relationship with Defence and their ongoing advocacy for the Armed Forces Community. 

CDP: Chief of Defence People 

MOD: Ministry of Defence 

ERS: Employer Recognition Scheme 

AFC: Armed Forces Covenant 

Fujitsu Defence: https://www.fujitsu.com/uk/solutions/industry/defence-national-security/ 

Fujitsu Defence Twitter: https://twitter.com/Fujitsu_Defence 

Fujitsu UK Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fujitsuuk/ 

SSAFA: https://www.ssafa.org.uk/?gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=CjwKCAiAt9z-BRBCEiwA_bWv-OmMsMuVTa9D7egSrsIHerP42CVZ8nEpuLpEVWEa8YLlplvR96ABWBoCv-YQAvD_BwE 

Armed Forces Covenant website: https://www.armedforcescovenant.gov.uk/ 

Employer Recognition Scheme: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defence-employer-recognition-scheme/defence-employer-recognition-scheme 

DRM Gov.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/defence-relationship-management 

DRM Twitter: https://twitter.com/DRM_Support 

Please note this episode was recorded virtually due to Covid-19. 

Music: Adventures by A Himitsu Creative Commons – Attribution 3.0 Unported- CC By 3.0 Released by Argofox Promoted by Audio Library