Major-General John David Moore-Bick Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Doctor of Laws is a former British Army officer who commanded United Kingdom Support Command.
Education
John Moore-Bick studied forestry at Street Catherine"s College, Oxford, was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1971 and transferred to the Royal Engineers in 1972. He attended the German General Staff Course (Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr) from 1980 to 1982.
Career
John Moore-Bick is the younger brother of Sir Martin Moore-Bick, a Lord Justice of Appeal. He became military assistant to the Chairman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Military Committee in 1987, served as Commanding Officer of 21 Engineer Regiment during the Gulf War and, after attending the Higher Command and Staff Course at the Staff College, Camberley in 1994, became chief engineer for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Implementation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1995. He became Director of Staff Duties at the Ministry of Defence in 1997, became leader of the study team into Defence Postgraduate Academic Training in 1999 and was appointed military advisor to the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2000.
He became General Officer Commanding United Kingdom Support Command (Germany) in 2001 and then United Kingdom Special Defence Adviser to Serbia and Montenegro in 2003 before retiring in 2005.
He is General Secretary of the Forces Pension Society was Master of the Skinners" Company in 2008/9 and is Chairman of the Governors of The Skinners" School in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. He also serves as Deputy Lieutenant of East Sussex.