COOPER, Helen Joy

B759024, Lieutenant Colonel, Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment (The Duke of York’s Own)

CITATION

New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration

Queen's Birthday Honours List 2008

Lieutenant Colonel COOPER was posted to the newly established office of Army Transformation in January 2006 and given responsibility to

develop significant parts of the Army Transformation Programme (ATP) including the development and oversight of seven transformation projects

and co-ownership of the Army For much of the subsequent period, she was the sole full-time Army officer managing the ATP.  She maintained

responsibility for outcomes well above her rank or experience level, including coordinating and guiding the efforts of officers, often much senior to

her, who were seconded in at various times as part of the ATP team.  Despite the complicated nature of the work, the considerable workload and

the handicap of not having consistent staff support, she continued to perform to a high standard, always focused on the outcome of producing an

optional Army structure.  Her role also changed from one of support and analysis to a principal member of the ATP, advising Army senior

leadership on the future structure of Army.  Her efforts also included the development of a key assessment model (the Cooper model) which

underpinned the eventual Force structure considerations.

KNOWN AWARDS

New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration

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