Helen Cooper
Lt Col Helen Cooper, RNZLR, of Wellington, received the Distinguished Service Decoration, on 2 September 2008. She was posted to the newly established office of Army Transformation in January 2006 with responsibility for significant parts of the Army Transformation Programme. For much of the subsequent period, she was the sole full-time Army officer managing the programme with responsibility for outcomes well above her rank or experience level, including coordinating and guiding the efforts of officers, often much senior to her and advising on the future structure of the Army.