Colin Terry

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Sir Colin Terry
Born (1943-08-08) 8 August 1943 (age 80)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Air Force
Years of service1965–1999
Rank Air Marshal
Commands held Logistics Command (1997–99)
AwardsKnight 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.

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 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