| Richard Nugee | |
| Birth Date: | 1963 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Hampstead, London, England |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1985 – 2021 |
| Servicenumber: | 515778 |
| Rank: | Lieutenant General |
| Unit: | Royal Artillery |
| Commands: | 40th Regiment Royal Artillery |
| Battles: | Iraq War War in Afghanistan |
| Awards: | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Commander of the Order of the British Empire Legion of Merit (United States) |
| Relations: | Edward Nugee (father) Sir Christopher Nugee (brother) Emily Thornberry (sister-in-law) |
Lieutenant General Richard Edward Nugee, CB, CVO, CBE (born 3 June 1963) is a retired senior British Army officer. He served in several senior roles including Defence Services Secretary (2015–2016) and Chief of Defence People (2016–2020), before ending his career leading a review into climate change policy in the Ministry of Defence between March 2020 and May 2021.
Nugee was born on 3 June 1963 in Hampstead, England.[1] He is the son of Edward Nugee, a notable barrister,[2] and his wife Rachel, a Bletchley codebreaker and active lay Anglican.[3] [4] He was educated at Radley College, an all-boys public school near Radley, Oxfordshire.[5] He studied anthropology at Durham University, where he was a member of Grey College, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1985. He later studied military affairs at King's College London, and completed a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1995.
Nugee was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1985.[6] He became commanding officer of 40th Regiment Royal Artillery in 2003 and was deployed to Iraq in that role.[6] Promoted to brigadier, he was deployed with Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps to Afghanistan in 2006.[6]
He went on to be Director of Manning (Army) in March 2009, Director General of Army Personnel in June 2012 and Chief of Staff (Operations) in October 2013: in the latter role he was deployed as Chief of Staff, Combined Force Command, Afghanistan in November 2013.[7] He was appointed Defence Services Secretary and Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel) in March 2015.[8] Nugee was awarded the US Legion of Merit in the Degree of Officer on 18 March 2016 for services in Afghanistan.[9]
Nugee was promoted to lieutenant general on 29 April 2016. On 12 May 2016, it was announced that Nugee would become the next Chief of Defence People.[10] Nugee handed over to then Major-General James Swift in February 2020.[11] Since March 2020, he has led a review into climate change policy and sustainability in the Ministry of Defence.[12] Nugee retired from the army on 12 May 2021.
He was a Colonel Commandant of the Royal Regiment of Artillery from 8 June 2012 until 21 April 2023.
Nugee was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours, a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 2016 Special Honours, and a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2020 New Year Honours.
Nugee is the current Chief Executive of The Scar Free Foundation, a medical research charity.[13]
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