Robert Magowan

Robert Magowan
Born (1967-09-12) 12 September 1967
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Marines
Years of service 1989 –
Rank Major General
Commands held Third Sea Lord
Commandant General Royal Marines
Battles/wars Iraq War
War in Afghanistan
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major General Robert Andrew Magowan, CB, CBE (born 12 September 1967) is a Royal Marines officer who served as Commandant General Royal Marines from 2016 to 2017. He is currently the Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Capability).

Military career

Educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Faversham and the University of Southampton (BSc Chemistry, 1989),[1] Magowan was commissioned into the Royal Marines in 1989.[2] He became Plans Officer at Headquarters 3rd Mechanised Division in 2001 in which role he was deployed to Afghanistan and then became second-in-command of 42 Commando in which role he took part in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[1] He joined the Cabinet Office Assessment Staff in 2003 and the Afghan Drugs Inter-departmental Unit in 2005 before becoming commanding officer of 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group in 2006 in which role he commanded IX Battle Group in Afghanistan in 2007.[3]

Magowan became a Deputy Head in Defence Intelligence in 2009,[1] Chief of Staff to the National Contingent Commander at the headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force in Kabul in 2012 and Commodore, National Personnel Strategy at Navy Command Headquarters in March 2013.[4] He became Commandant General Royal Marines in May/June 2016[5] and became commander of Operation Atalanta in June 2016.[6][7] He went on to be Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Capability) and Controller of the Navy in November 2017.[4]

Honours

In the 2005 New Year Honours, Magowan was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).[8] He was promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in October 2013 Operational Honours, which were awarded for services on operations in Afghanistan for the period September 2012 to April 2013.[9] He was made a CBE "for his outstanding contribution in strengthening bonds between British forces and the Afghans".[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "NAVFOR Somalia". European Union. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Surrey Royal Marine Brigadier awarded CBE for his work in Afghanistan". royalnavy.mod.uk. Royal Navy. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Southby-Tailyour, Ewan (2009). "Three Command Brigade, Helmand, Afghanistan". Ebury Press. ISBN 978-0091926960.
  4. 1 2 "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Philip, Duke of Edinburgh". Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "EU appoints new operation Commander for EU NAVFOR Somalia". European Union. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  7. ↑ The Daily Telegraph (London), 2016, General Officer Appointments, The Daily Telegraph (London), 8 April 2016, Edition 1; National Edition, p.28
  8. ↑ "No. 57509". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2005. p. 5.
  9. ↑ "Operational Honours and Awards List: 4 October 2013". gov.uk. Ministry of Defence. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Martin Smith		 Commandant General Royal Marines
2016–2017		 Succeeded by
Charles Stickland
Preceded by
Paul Bennett		 Controller of the Navy
2017–present		 Incumbent
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