Ed Butler

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Edward Adam Butler
Born (1962-02-27) 27 February 1962 (age 62)
Allegiance 
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order

Brigadier Edward Adam Butler CBE, DSO (born 27 February 1962) is a former British Army officer who commanded Task Force Helmand.

Early life

Butler is the son of Sir Adam Butler MP and a grandson of the Conservative politician "Rab" Butler.[1]

He was educated at Eton College[1] and the University of Exeter.[2]

Military career

In August 1984, Butler was commissioned into the

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service; first for his service in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia in the Autumn of 1997[5] and again for his service in Sierra Leone in summer 2000.[6]

He was awarded the

16 Air Assault Brigade in 2004, in which role he was deployed as commander of Task Force Helmand in April 2006.[9] He went on to be Chief, Joint Force Operations at Permanent Joint Headquarters in December 2006 before retiring in December 2008, citing family reasons.[10]

After leaving the British Army he became Chief Executive of Corporates for Crisis, a business providing advice for companies operating in difficult places,[11] and then chairman of and latterly adviser to S-RM, an intelligence and risk consulting business.[12] In July 2019 he was interviewed for a BBC Radio Four 'Analysis' programme; it stated he was Head of Risk Analysis (Chief Resilience Officer) at Pool Re.[13][14]

Personal life

Butler is married with two children.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b Gall, Sandy (2013). War Against the Taliban: Why It All Went Wrong in Afghanistan. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 96.
  2. ^ "Profile: Brigadier Ed Butler". The Daily Telegraph. 1 August 2008.
  3. ^ "No. 49904". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 October 1984. p. 14274.
  4. ^ "No. 52705". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 November 1991. p. 16848.
  5. ^ "No. 55120". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 May 1998. p. 5195.
  6. ^ "No. 57588". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 March 2005. p. 3377.
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  8. ^ "Ed Butler". London Speaker Bureau. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  9. ^ "UK military 'made wrong calculations' on Afghanistan". BBC. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Senior Tri-Service and Ministry of Defence appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Brigadier Ed Butler: My son told me he didn't want a part-time dad". The Daily Telegraph. 2 August 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  12. ^ "Ed Butler". S-RM. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  13. ^ "Analysis - Understanding the risks of terrorism - BBC Sounds". BBC.
  14. ^ "The Team | Pool Reinsurance Company LTD".
  15. ^ "The NS interview: Ed Butler". New Statesman. 13 August 2009.
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