Experience

Permanent Joint Headquarters

• Facilities Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff Operations

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  Operations Officer with responsibilities for UK deployed operations and Defence activities across the Middle East, the Levant, and Africa. Operations Officer with responsibilities for UK deployed operations and Defence activities across the Middle East, the Levant, and Africa.



British Army

• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Head Manoeuvre Support and C-CBRN, Military Capability Plans

  • Sep 2020 - Present

• Commanding Officer 33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search)

  • Apr 2018 - Aug 2020



Army Headquarters

• Capability Planner, Manoeuvre Support

  • Feb 2014 - Jul 2015



Defence Academy of the UK

• Directing Staff

  • Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Involved in the mentoring, training and education of newly promoted Majors attending the Intermediate Command and Staff College (Land) course. This role requires subject matter expertise in the planning and conduct of major combat, stabilisation and counter-insurgency operations; with specific emphasis on military engineering and civil-military interaction. Educational threads include history, doctrine and concepts, strategy, logistics and crisis management amongst others. Involved in the mentoring, training and education of newly promoted Majors attending the Intermediate Command and Staff College (Land) course. This role requires subject matter expertise in the planning and conduct of major combat, stabilisation and counter-insurgency operations; with specific emphasis on military engineering and civil-military interaction. Educational threads include history, doctrine and concepts, strategy, logistics and crisis management amongst others.



HQ EOD & Search Group

• SO2 G7 Training

  • Jul 2012 - Jan 2013

  Staff focus for delivery of EOD & Search training to UK CIED units preparing for operations. Scope includes planning and validating individual courses and collective training activities to achieve set objectives. Staff focus for delivery of EOD & Search training to UK CIED units preparing for operations. Scope includes planning and validating individual courses and collective training activities to achieve set objectives.



UK Ministry of Defence

• United Kingdom
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Commissioned Officer

  • Apr 1995 - Nov 2012

  Commander Commander



Close Support Engineer Squadron

• Officer Commanding

  • Sep 2010 - Jul 2012

  Command of a multiple-disciplined workforce totalling 168 personnel. Unit was re-roled to conduct Route Proving and Clearance in Helmand Province during Summer 2011 as part of the CIED battle. The sub-unit reverted to the Armoured role in preparation for its collective training period in 2012. Command of a multiple-disciplined workforce totalling 168 personnel. Unit was re-roled to conduct Route Proving and Clearance in Helmand Province during Summer 2011 as part of the CIED battle. The sub-unit reverted to the Armoured role in preparation for its collective training period in 2012.



NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps

• United Kingdom
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• SO2 Iraqi Military Doctrine

  • Mar 2010 - Aug 2010

  Employed as part of the Officer Education Training and Advisory Branch, I was responsible for nurturing the nascent Doctrine Branch within the Joint Forces Headquarters. I helped rationalize the doctrine they already had whilst also advising the Brigadier General on the Hierarchy of Doctrine, priorities for future development and implementing processes for writing, circulating and endorsing new doctrine publications for the New Iraqi Armed Forces. This involved close liaison with the Iraqi Ministry of Defence, Joint Force Headquarters and the Joint Staff College. My role was to advise and mentor in order to help build capacity from within the Iraqi Armed Forces. Show less

• SO2 Counter-IED

  • May 2008 - Feb 2010

  I was employed as the principal desk level staff officer for operational level C-IED within a NATO Multi-National Corps and Land Component Command Headquarters. Maintained at High Readiness, our interests were global to enable rapid deployment of NATO Force Elements to conflict zones as directed by the North Atlantic Council.