General Sir Richard Shirreff

General Sir Richard Shirreff is a retired senior British Army officer born in Kenya on 21 October 1955. He was commissioned in 1976 and held various command positions including Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 2011 to 2014. During his military career, he saw active service in the Gulf War, Northern Ireland, Kosovo and Iraq. He was appointed Commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in 2007 and promoted to full general in 2011. Since retiring from active service, he has worked as a founding partner of Strategia Worldwide, a risk management consultancy established in 2016.