Greg served for 36 years in the Royal Air Force, retiring in 2016 as Deputy Commander with overall responsibility for all aspects of safety for all personnel and equipment and, as an independent member of four MoD Boards, helped shape policy on Safety, Information, Logistics and Infrastructure.
He began his military career as a pilot for more than 20 years, with more than 4000 flying hours on Tornado and CF-18 Hornet aircraft, and as a Commander. He became Chief of Military Plans at UK Joint HQ, Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group RAF and Director Joint Warfare, Joint Forces Command.
For the past five years, Greg has worked in the private sector with Cobham plc, AirTanker Ltd and is currently an Executive Director with Cobham Ltd. Greg is President of the UK’s Air & Space Power association, a Fellow of the RAeS and a Distinguished Fellow of RUSI. He is also a chair for senior programmes at the Windsor Leadership Trust, and a trustee of “Flying for Freedom”, which enables wounded, injured and sick service personnel to go solo in microlights. Greg chairs the Safety Review Committee and is a member of the Transformation Review Committee.