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}}[[Roger Wheeler]] is a senior UK soldier turned [[businessman]]. He was the [[UK/Army/Chief of the General Staff]] from 1997-2000. | }}[[Roger Wheeler]] is a senior UK soldier turned [[businessman]]. He was the [[UK/Army/Chief of the General Staff]] from 1997-2000. | ||
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| Born | 1941-12-16 | |||||||||
| Alma mater | Melbourne Grammar School, Eton, Allhallows College, Hertford College (Oxford) | |||||||||
| Relatives | Air Chief Marshal Sir Neil Wheeler | |||||||||
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Roger Wheeler is a senior UK soldier turned businessman. He was the UK/Army/Chief of the General Staff from 1997-2000.
Activities
According to his biography on the Aegis website:
- Roger Wheeler had a long and distinguished military career. As Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, he brings to Aegis experience of the highest levels of political/military engagement both nationally and internationally. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Thales UK and the Serious Organised Crime Agency. He is Constable of HM Tower of London. He is a non–executive director having previously served on the Aegis Advisory Council.[1]
Wheeler is a non-executive director of Aegis,[2] a London based, privately owned, British security and risk management company with overseas offices in Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iraq and the USA.[3]
Wheeler was named as the military advisor to the Iraq Inquiry chaired by Sir John Chilcot in October 2009.[4] His appointment was questioned because of his role as a director of Aegis, which had profited from the Iraq War.[5]
Affiliations
- Thales UK
- Serious Organised Crime Agency
- Aegis Defence Services
- Iraq Inquiry - Military Advisor
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References
- ↑ Management Information - AEGIS private security company, accessed 13 April 2008.
- ↑ Management information, Aegis website, accessed 18 October 2009
- ↑ About Us, Aegis website, accessed 18 October 2009
- ↑ Military and international law advisers appointed, Iraq Inquiry, 13 October 2009.
- ↑ Kevin Blowe, Iraq Inquiry Appoints Director of Private Defence Contractor As Advisor, Random Blowe, 15 October 2009.
