| Witnesses | Posts and dates in post |
| Frank Baker OBE |
Deputy Director Middle East, FCO, 2006 - 2009 |
| Desmond Bowen CB CMG |
Policy Director, MOD, 2004 - 2008 |
| Lt Gen Robin Brims CB CBE DSO |
General Officer Commanding 1 (UK) Armoured Division, UK Land Component Commander Operation Telic, Nov 2002 – May 2003 |
| Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burridge KCB CBE |
National Component Commander Operation Telic, Nov 2002 – May 2003 |
| Edward Chaplin CMG OBE |
HM Ambassador to Baghdad, 2004 – 2005 |
| Lt Gen John Cooper DSO MBE |
General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division South-East, Dec 05 – Jul 06 and Senior British Military Representative in Iraq, March 2008 – March 2009 |
| Jon Day |
Director General Operational Policy, MOD, 2007 – 2008
Policy Director, MOD, 2008 - 2009 |
| Martin Dinham |
Director Europe, Middle-East and Americas, DfID, Jan 2005 – Spring 2007 |
| Jim Drummond |
Director Iraq, DfID, Aug 2003 – Jan 2005 |
| Lt Gen Andrew Figgures CBE |
Senior British Military Representative in Iraq, Sept 2003 – Apr 2004 |
| Lt Gen Sir Robert Fry KCB CBE |
Deputy Chief Defence Staff (Commitments), MOD, 2003-2006, and Senior Military Representative in Iraq, Mar - Sept 2006 |
| Sir Jeremy Greenstock GCMG |
UK Special Envoy for Iraq, Sept 2003 – March 2004 |
| Nigel Haywood |
Consul General Basra, 2008 - 2009 |
| General Sir Nick Houghton KCB CBE |
Senior British Military Representative in Iraq, Oct 2005 – Mar 2006
Chief of Joint Operations, Mar 2006 – Mar 2009 |
| John Jenkins CMG CVO |
Director Middle East and North Africa, FCO, 2006 - 2009 |
| Lt Gen Sir John Kiszely KCB MC |
Senior British Military Representative in Iraq, Oct 2004 – Apr 2005 |
| Lt Gen Sir Graeme Lamb KBE CBE DSO |
General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division South-East, Jul 2003 – Dec 2003, and Senior British Military Adviser to Iraq, Sept 2006 – July 2007 |
| Mark Lowcock |
Director General Programmes, DfID, 2008 - 2009 |
| Simon McDonald |
Prime Minister’s Foreign Policy Adviser and Head of Foreign & Defence Policy Secretariat, 2006 - 2009 |
| Keith MacKiggan |
Head of Provisional Reconstruction Team (DfID Secondee), Sep 2008 – Apr 2009 |
| Sir William Patey KCMG |
HM Ambassador to Iraq, 2005 - 2006 |
| Stephen Pickford |
Director International Directorate, HM Treasury, 2004 – 2005
Director International and Finance Directorate, HM Treasury, 2005 - 2006 |
| Christopher Prentice CMG |
HM Ambassador to Iraq, 2007 - 2009 |
| Lt Gen Jonathon Riley CB DSO |
General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division South-East, Nov 2004 – Aug 2005 |
| Lt Gen William Rollo, CBE |
General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division South-East, Jul – Nov 04 and Senior British Military Representative in Iraq, July 2007 – March 2008 |
| Sir John Sawers KCMG |
UK Special Envoy for Iraq, May – July 2003 and Political Director, FCO, 2003 - 2007 |
| Major Gen Jonathan Shaw |
General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division South East, Jan – Aug 2007 |
| Sir Nigel Sheinwald KCMG |
Prime Minister’s Foreign Policy Adviser, 2003 - 2007 |
| Lt Gen Richard Shirreff |
General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division South East, July 2006 – Jan 2007 |
| Major General Andrew Stewart CBE |
General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division South-East, Dec 2003 – July 2004 |
| Vice Adm Charles Style |
Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments), 2006 - 2007 |
| Sir Hilary Synnott KCMG |
Coalition Provisional Authority’s Regional Commander for Southern Iraq, Jul 2003 – Jan 2004 |
| Lt Gen Sir Frederick Viggers KCB CMG |
Senior British Military Representative in Iraq, May - – Sept 2003 |
| Lt Gen Sir Peter Wall, KCB CBE |
General Officer Commanding 1 (UK) Division, May – July 2003 and Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments) 2007 - 2009 |
| Peter Watkins |
Director Operational Policy, MOD, 2008 –2009 |
| Major Gen Barney White-Spunner CBE |
General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division South East, Feb - Aug 2008 |
