Clive Bairsto

Summary

Air Vice Marshal Clive Arthur Bairsto CBE is a former Royal Air Force officer and former Air Officer Scotland.

Clive A Bairsto
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Air Force
RankAir vice-marshal
Commands heldRAF Leuchars
83 EAG
RAF Akrotiri
Tornado F3 OEU
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire

RAF career edit

Bairsto became Station Commander RAF Akrotiri and Commander of the Western Sovereign Base Area, Cyprus in 2005,[1] AOC No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar in 2006[2] and Officer Commanding No 125 Expeditionary Air Wing as well as Air Officer Scotland and Station Commander, RAF Leuchars in 2007.[3] He went on to be Head of International Policy and Planning (Military) at the Ministry of Defence in 2009 before retiring in 2013.[4][5]

After retiring from the RAF, became Global Head of Business, Resilience at National Grid plc and then Chief Executive of Street Works UK, a cross-sector trade association.[6]

Bairsto was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "RAF Akrotiri Station Museum". Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Senior RAF appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  3. ^ "RAF Leuchars celebrates 40 years of Freedom of St Andrews". Fife Direct. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Ministry of Defence and Tri-Service Appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Air Rank Appointments List". Royal Air Force. 1 September 2008. Archived from the original on 18 April 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
  6. ^ "Street Works UK appoints Clive Bairsto as new Chief Executive". Street Works. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  7. ^ "No. 59282". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2009. p. 5.
Military offices
Preceded by Air Officer Commanding No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group
2006 – 2007
Succeeded by
Preceded by
J Stinton
Station Commander RAF Leuchars
2007 – 2009
Succeeded by
Preceded by
J Stinton
Officer Commanding No. 125 Expeditionary Air Wing
2007 – 2009
Succeeded by
R J Atkinson
Preceded by
J Stinton
Air Officer Scotland
2007 – 2009
Succeeded by
R J Atkinson