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Mark Mans
Lieutenant General Sir Mark Francis Noel Mans, KCB, CBE, DL (born 1955) is a senior British Army officer, who served as Adjutant-General to the Forces of the United Kingdom from 2009 to 2012. Military careerEducated at Berkhamsted School,[1] Mans was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1974.[2] In 1991 during the Gulf War he was Officer Commanding 37 Field Squadron.[3] Later in 1995 he deployed to Bosnia[4] in command of 21 Engineer Regiment.[5] In February 2005 he became Deputy Commanding General of the Multi-National Force – Iraq.[6] Mans served as Deputy Adjutant General,[7] taking up that appointment in 2006, before becoming Military Secretary in March 2008.[4] In September 2009 he was appointed Commander Regional Forces at Land Command.[4] Then in December 2009 he was made Adjutant-General to the Forces with responsibility for both personnel and support.[8] Mans served as the Chief Royal Engineer from 2013[9] to 2018.[10] Mans was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in 1996,[11] appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2005 Birthday Honours,[12] and awarded the American Legion of Merit in December 2006.[13] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 2012 New Year Honours.[14][15] He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire in October 2012.[16] References
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