Summary
Air Marshal Sir Colin George Terry, KBE, CB, DL, FREng (born 8 August 1943) is a retired Royal Air Force officer.
Sir Colin Terry | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
RAF career edit
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 edit
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]
References edit
- ^ a b Biography Imperial College, London
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1994
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1996
- ^ Royal Air Force Senior Appointments
- ^ "No. 54066". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1995. p. 3.
- ^ Meggitt plc Reuters
- ^ "List of Fellows". Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- ^ "Colin George Terry – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Companies House. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Sir Colin Terry becomes BOXARR Chairman". ADSAdvance. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.