Sir Colin Terry | |
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Born | 8 August 1943 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Air Force |
Years of service | 1965–1999 |
Rank | Air Marshal |
Commands held | Logistics Command (1997–99) |
Awards | Knight Commander of the
Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Air Marshal Sir Colin George Terry, KBE, CB, DL, FREng (born 8 August 1943) is a retired Royal Air Force officer.
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]
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]
Sir Colin Terry | |
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Born | 8 August 1943 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Air Force |
Years of service | 1965–1999 |
Rank | Air Marshal |
Commands held | Logistics Command (1997–99) |
Awards | Knight Commander of the
Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Air Marshal Sir Colin George Terry, KBE, CB, DL, FREng (born 8 August 1943) is a retired Royal Air Force officer.
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]
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]