Ranald Munro

Ranald Munro
Born	1960
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1988 - present
Rank	Major-General
Battles/wars	Iraq War
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire Territorial Decoration Volunteer Reserves Service Medal

Major-General Ranald Torquil Ian Munro, CBE, TD, VR (born 1960) is general counsel and company secretary for Chubb Insurance Europe as well as the most senior serving reservist in the British Army and is currently serving as the Deputy Commander Land Forces.^[1]

Career

Civilian

Educated at Merchiston Castle School, Middlesex Polytechnic and the Polytechnic of Central London, Munro trained as a barrister at the Inns of Court School of Law and was called to the bar in 1986 before becoming a senior prosecutor at the Crown Prosecution Service.^[2] He then worked for International Computers (now Fujitsu) and L'Oréal UK before becoming General counsel and company secretary for Chubb Insurance UK & Ireland in 1997 and then General counsel and company secretary for Chubb Insurance Europe in 2000.^[3]

Military

Munro was commissioned into the 10th (City of London) Parachute Battalion (Territorial Army) in 1988.^[4] Promoted to lieutenant-colonel, he became Chief Instructor to the London District Specialist Training Team in 1998.^[4] He went on to be Staff Officer responsible for Territorial Army operations and Training in 2001, commanding officer of Bristol University Officers Training Corps in 2002 and then full-time Chief of Military Operations (Operational Law) in the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate in Baghdad in May 2005.^[4] On return to the UK he became part-time Colonel Territorial Army at the Directorate of Individual Training (Army) in October 2005, Deputy Commander 43rd (Wessex) Brigade in April 2008 and Colonel (Reserves) on the General Staff in January 2009.^[4] More recently, having been promoted to brigadier, he became Assistant Commander the 4th Division in November 2009, Assistant Commander Support Command in January 2012 and, having been promoted to major-general, Deputy Commander Land Forces (Reserves) later that year.^[4]

As the Deputy Commander Land Forces, he is responsible for shaping the role of the Reserve as part of the British Army restructuring plan known as Army 2020 which includes doubling the size of the Army's reserve forces.^[5]

Munro was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours.^[6][7] He was succeeded by Brigadier Simon Brooks-Ward in October 2015.^[8]

Honours and Decorations

• Munro has received the following honours and decorations during his military career.

Ribbon	Description	Notes
	Order of the British Empire (CBE)	Military Division 2014
	Iraq Medal
	Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal	2002 UK Version of this Medal
	Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal	2012 UK Version of this Medal
	Territorial Decoration (TD)
	Volunteer Reserves Service Medal (VR)

• He Has Qualified to Wear the Parachutist Badge. And the Red Beret due to His Service with the Parachute Regiment.

References

1. "Army Reserve Quarterly magazine article "New Deputy Commander Land Forces," p.4,Autumn 2012" (PDF). 1 November 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
2. "Ranald Munro: Chubb Insurance Company of Europe". The Lawyer. 2 August 2004. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
3. "Appointment at Chubb Europe". Professional Broking. 10 November 2000. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
4. "Our patrons". Defence Medical Welfare Service. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
5. "Army Reserve Quarterly magazine article "View from the TA Top," Spring 2013" (PDF). 1 March 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
6. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60895. p. b6. 14 June 2014.
7. "2014 Birthday Honours for service personnel and defence civilians". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
8. The Daily Telegraph (London), 2015, Senior army appointment, SECTION: FEATURES; Pg. 32, The Daily Telegraph (London), August 24 2015.