Colin Terry

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Sir Colin Terry
Born (1943-08-08) 8 August 1943 (age 80)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branch
Air Marshal
Commands heldLogistics Command (1997–99)
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath

DL, FREng (born 8 August 1943) is a retired Royal Air Force
officer.

RAF career

Educated at Imperial College London, Terry joined the Royal Air Force in 1965.[1] He went on to be Director-General of Support Management in 1993,[2] Chief of Staff at Logistics Command in 1995[3] and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Logistics Command in 1997 before retiring in 1999.[4] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1995 Birthday Honours.[5]

Later life and career

In retirement Terry became President of the Council of the Royal Aeronautical Society and Chairman of the Engineering Council.[1] He also became Chairman of Meggitt and deputy lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.[6] He was also appointed a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2001.[7]

Terry was chairman of Centronic, a nuclear industry engineering company, between July 2016 and July 2018.[8]

Terry was appointed Chairman of BOXARR, a software business, in 2017.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Biography Imperial College, London
  2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1994
  3. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1996
  4. ^ Royal Air Force Senior Appointments
  5. ^ "No. 54066". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1995. p. 3.
  6. ^ Meggitt plc Reuters
  7. ^ "List of Fellows". Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  8. ^ "Colin George Terry – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Companies House. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Sir Colin Terry becomes BOXARR Chairman". ADSAdvance. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
Military offices
Preceded by Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Logistics Command
1997–1999
Succeeded by