Mark Poffley

Sir Mark Poffley
Poffley in 2014
Born	1960 (age 63–64)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1985–2019
Rank	Lieutenant General
Service number	521134
Unit	Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Commands	102nd Logistic Brigade 13 Air Assault Support Regiment
Battles / wars	Gulf War Bosnian War Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia War in Afghanistan Iraq War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service

Lieutenant General Sir Mark William Poffley, KCB, OBE (born 1960) is a former senior British Army officer.

Military career

Poffley was commissioned into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in 1985.^[1] After seeing action in the Gulf War and then in the Bosnian War,^[1] he served as Deputy Chief of Staff for 24 Airmobile Brigade and then as Staff Officer responsible for Plans and Doctrine in the Attack Helicopter Team.^[1] He became commanding officer of 13 Air Assault Support Regiment in 2001, and was deployed to Macedonia in August of that year^[2][3] and Afghanistan in 2002.^[4]

Poffley went on to be Colonel Army Plans in 2003 and commander 102nd Logistic Brigade in 2005, seeing active service in Iraq in that capacity.^[1] He went on to be Principal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff in December 2006, Chief of Staff Land Forces in March 2009 and Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Resources and Plans) in November 2011:^[5] he was given the additional title of Master General of Logistics in June 2012. He went on to be Commander Force Development and Capability in February 2014^[6] as well as the Deputy Chief of the General Staff in Spring 2015.^[7][8][9] After that he was appointed Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Military Capability) at the Ministry of Defence in January 2016.^[10][11] In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).^[12]

References

1. "Major General Mark Poffley OBE". Sandhurst Foundation. 21 September 2010. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
2. "More troops leave for Macedonia". BBC. 18 August 2001. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
3. "MoD Operational honours and awards". Ministry of Defence. 18 April 2002. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
4. "13 Air Assault Support Regiment". Paradata. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
5. Senior Ministry of Defence and Tri-service Appointments Archived 17 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine
6. "Ups and outs July 2013". Defence Viewpoints. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
7. "Strategic Land Power" (PDF). RUSI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
8. "J.P. Morgan Signs Armed Forces Corporate Covenant". Investor.shareholder.com. 25 June 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
9. "DSEI 2015 – East Theatre (Land, Ministerial Keynote, Rising Stars)". Dsei.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
10. "QG Signals bid farewell to its Colonel of the Regt, Maj Gen N A W Pope CBE". Gurkha Brigade Association. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
11. "Lieutenant General M W Poffley OBE" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
12. "No. 62310". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 June 2018. p. B3.

Military offices
Preceded by Jacko Page	Commander Force Development and Capability 2014–2015	Post disbanded
New title	Deputy Chief of the General Staff 2015	Succeeded by Nick Pope
Preceded by Stephen Hillier	Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Capability) 2016–2018	Succeeded by Richard Knighton