Ian Corder

Ian Corder CB
Corder (right) in 2010
Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
Incumbent
Assumed office March 2016
Premier	Jonathan Le Tocq
Preceded by	Peter Walker
Personal details
Born	6 August 1960 Nuneaton, United Kingdom
Alma mater	Peterhouse, Cambridge
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1978 -
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands	HMS Oracle HMS Splendid HMS Cumberland
Battles/wars	Operation Ellamy

Vice Admiral Ian Fergus Corder CB (born 6 August 1960) is a senior Royal Navy officer serving as UK Military Representative to NATO.

Naval career

Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush

Educated at Rugby School and Peterhouse, Cambridge, Corder joined the Royal Navy in 1978.^[1] He commanded the submarine HMS Oracle, then the submarine HMS Splendid and finally the frigate HMS Cumberland.^[1] He went on to become Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord, Deputy Director of the unit at the Ministry of Defence responsible for policy regarding NATO, the European Union and the United Nations and then Chief of the Strategic Systems Executive.^[1] After that he became Director of Naval Personnel Strategy and then Deputy Commander Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO before becoming Commander Operations and Rear Admiral, Submarines in March 2011 and in that capacity he was the UK's Maritime Commander for operations over Libya (Operation Ellamy) in Spring 2011.^[2] He attended the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in April 2011.^[3]

He went on to be UK Military Representative to NATO in May 2013.^[4]

Corder was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in March 2016 and will take up the post in May 2016.^[5]

References

1. EU Biography
2. "Libya update". UK Government. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
3. Royal Wedding List BBC, April 2011
4. Senior Tri-Service and Ministry of Defence Appointments
5. "New Lt-Governor is a career Navy man". Guernsey Press. 16 February 2016.