| Honorific Prefix: | Major General |
| Roy Cecil Andersen | |
| Birth Date: | 1948 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa |
| Serviceyears: | 19662021 |
| Rank: | Major General |
| Unit: | Transvaal Horse Artillery |
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| Battles: | South African Border War |
| Laterwork: | Businessman |
Major General Roy Cecil Andersen (born 12 May 1948 in Johannesburg) is a South African businessman and a retired Reserve general officer in the South African Army from the artillery. He matriculated from Northview High School and graduated from Witwatersrand University.
He was commissioned into the Artillery in 1966 at 14 Field Regiment in Bethlehem, Orange Free State where he served under the then Officer Commanding- Cmdt C.L. Viljoen. He commanded the Transvaal Horse Artillery from 1976 to 1979[1] and participated in Operation Savannah both as regimental Commander and Air Observation Post Officer. He was thereafter appointed as Senior Staff Officer Artillery and subsequently Senior Staff Officer Operations of 7 South African Infantry Division. He was promoted to the rank of Major General in October 2003, as Chief Defence Reserves for the South African National Defence Force.[2]
He studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 1972 and as a Certified Public Accountant in 1975 in Texas.[3]
He served as Executive President of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange from 1992 until 1997. he is a Director of Nampak.[4]
He has been awarded the
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