Ranald Munro

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Ranald Munro
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Air Vice-Marshal Munro in 2023
Born1960 (age 62–63)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branch Army Reserve (1986–2019)
Royal Auxiliary Air Force (2019–present)
Years of service1986–present
Rank Air Vice-Marshal
Battles/wars Iraq War
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Territorial Decoration
Volunteer Reserves Service Medal

Air Vice-Marshal Ranald Torquil Ian Munro, CB , CBE , TD , VR , DL (born 1960) is the General Counsel for Lombard International Assurance, a life insurance company; he was a senior officer in the Army Reserve before transferring to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.

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Career

Civilian

Educated at Merchiston Castle School, Middlesex Polytechnic and the Polytechnic of Central London, Munro trained as a barrister at the Inns of Court School of Law and was called to the bar in 1986 before becoming a senior prosecutor at the Crown Prosecution Service. [1] He then worked for International Computers (now Fujitsu) and L'Oréal UK before becoming General counsel and company secretary for Chubb Insurance company of Europe in 1997. [2] He joined SCOR SE in 2015 as their Chief Legal Officer. [2]

Military

Munro was commissioned into the 10th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Territorial Army) in 1986. Promoted to lieutenant colonel, he became Chief Instructor to the London District Specialist Training Team in 1998. [3] He went on to be Staff Officer responsible for Territorial Army operations and Training in 2001, commanding officer of Bristol University Officers Training Corps in 2002 and then full-time Chief of Military Operations (Operational Law) in the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate in Baghdad in May 2005. [3] On his return to the United Kingdom, he became part-time Colonel Territorial Army at the Directorate of Individual Training (Army) in October 2005, Deputy Commander 43rd (Wessex) Brigade in April 2008 and Colonel (Reserves) on the General Staff in January 2009. [3] Having been promoted to brigadier, he became Assistant Commander the 4th Division in November 2009, Assistant Commander Support Command in January 2012 and, having been promoted to major general, Deputy Commander Land Forces (Reserves) later that year. [3]

Munro was Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Reserves and Cadets), the senior tri-service reservist in the UK Armed Forces. [4] Munro became Commandant General Royal Auxiliary Air Force in the rank of air vice-marshal with effect from 23 September 2019. [5] His service was extended for two years in 2023. [6]

Munro was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours [7] [8] and Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2023 Birthday Honours. [9]

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The New Year Honours 1966 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced in supplements to the London Gazette of 31 December 1965 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1966. At this time honours for Australians were awarded both in the United Kingdom honours, on the advice of the premiers of Australian states, and also in a separate Australia honours list.

The New Year Honours 1973 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 1 January 1973 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1973.

The New Year Honours 1974 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 1 January 1974 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1974.

The Queen's Birthday Honours 1963 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The appointments were made "on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty's Birthday", and were published in supplements to the London Gazette of 31 May 1963.

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The 1949 New Year Honours were appointments by many of the Commonwealth realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced in supplements to the London Gazette of 31 December 1948 for the British Empire, New Zealand, India, and Ceylon to celebrate the past year and mark the beginning of 1949.

The Queen's Birthday Honours 1975 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were published on 6 June 1975 for the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, Fiji, the Bahamas, and Grenada. These were the last Birthday Honours on the advice of Australian Ministers for Papua New Guinea, as the nation gained independence from Australia on 16 September 1975.

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The 1947 New Year Honours were appointments by many of the Commonwealth Realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were published on 31 December 1946.

The King's Birthday Honours 1942 were appointments by King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were published on 5 June 1942 for the United Kingdom and Canada.

The 1944 New Year Honours were appointments by many of the Commonwealth realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 31 December 1943.

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References

  1. ↑ "Ranald Munro: Chubb Insurance Company of Europe". The Lawyer. 2 August 2004. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Appointments at SCOR". SCOR. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Our patrons". Defence Medical Welfare Service . Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Reserve Forces & Future Reserves 2020 Programme Update – Spring 2016" (PDF). Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Royal Air Force Senior Appointments". raf.mod.uk. Royal Air Force. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019. Major General R T I Munro CBE TD DL to be Commandant General Royal Auxiliary Air Force in the rank of air vice-marshal with effect from 23 September 2019 in succession to Air Vice-Marshal the Lord Beaverbrook who has retired from the Service.
  6. ↑ "No. 64124". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 July 2023. p. 14751.
  7. ↑ "No. 60895". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2014. p. b6.
  8. ↑ "2014 Birthday Honours for service personnel and defence civilians". gov.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "No. 64082". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2023. p. B3.
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Preceded by Deputy Commander Land Forces (Reserves)
2012–2015		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commandant General Royal Auxiliary Air Force
2019–present		Incumbent
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