Colonel Lucy Giles was commissioned in 1992 after studying at Exeter University. Postings with the Royal Logistic Corps included Germany and South Africa with deployments to Bosnia, East Timor and Sierra Leone. After gaining her Masters, she was posted to HQ Northern Ireland in 2003. 

She commanded 47 Air Despatch Squadron enabling operations in Iraq and Afghanistan before instructing at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in 2011, where she gained her PGCE.  

Appointed Commander of New College RMAS in January 2015, she received an entry into Debretts’ People of the Day in 2016. She won the ‘Inspirational’ and ‘Woman of the Year’ awards at the inaugural Women in Defence event in October 2016 and received an honorary doctorate from Exeter University for services to the military in July 2017. Promoted in 2018, she was the 37th President of the Army Officer Selection Board and is currently serving at the Land Command and Staff College in Shrivenham. 

Lucy is an ambassador for First Women UK, Girl Guiding and Walking with the Wounded. She is a Freeman of the City of London, a Director for the Foundation for Leadership through Sport, a member of Somerset CCC and the FA’s Performance Advisory Group and is on the Governing Body for Women in Defence. She is Honorary Colonel of Exeter University Officer Training Corps, a Colonel Commandant for the RLC and received a CBE in the King’s New Year Honours 2024. 

Lucy is married to Nick with two teenage children. She enjoys Metallica (as heard on Desert Island Discs, 2020), loves orienteering and completed the Marathon des Sables in October 2021.