Nigel Guild Explained

Nigel Guild
Birth Date:9 February 1949
Birth Place:Simonstown, South Africa
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Serviceyears:1966-2009
Rank:Rear Admiral
Branch: Royal Navy
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath

Rear-Admiral Nigel Charles Forbes Guild CB FREng[1] (born 9 February 1949) is a former Royal Navy officer who went on to be Controller of the Navy.

Naval career

Educated at Bryanston School, Trinity College, Cambridge and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Guild joined the Royal Navy in 1966.[2] Promoted to captain in 1990, he was appointed Military Assistant to the Chief of Defence Procurement.[2] In 1996 he became Director of Combat Systems and Equipment at the Procurement Executive and in 1998 he took charge of the implementation of the "smart" procurement system.[2] Promoted to rear admiral in 2000, he was made Controller of the Navy as well as an executive director of the Defence Procurement Agency and then, from 2004, he became Senior Responsible Owner (Carrier Strike Capability) as well as Chief Naval Engineer Officer.[2] He retired from the Navy in 2009.[3]

He is President of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology.[3]

Family

In 1971 he married Felicity.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of Fellows. 16 October 2014. 8 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160608094405/http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows. dead.
  2. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/pace/graduation/honorary-degrees/hondeg06/guild.html Citation for Doctor of Engineering
  3. http://www.playitback.org/details.aspx?v=175 Aircraft Carriers for the Future - 81st Thomas Lowe Gray Lecture