Leadership Encounters
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Leadership Encounter Evening - 10 SepDavid Williams will be talking on a 'Review of the Crimean War' - which will include the politics, people, uniform, tactics and the battles. David is returning to us after a hugely successful evening in June when he came to talk about Florence Nightingale.
David Williams is a prominent member of the Crimean War Research Society and visits areas of conflict in the Baltic and Black Sea every year organising Battlefield Walking Tours.
David has given talks on Military History to Regimental Groups, educational establishments and is a frequent speaker at the National Army Museum and the Maritime Museum in Greenwich.
Although nominally retired David is still chairman of his own engineering group on the Brooklands Estate.
Members - 15GBP
Non Members - 20GBP
Unfortunately late cancellations after the last Monday by 12pm will be charged.
Leadership Encounter Evening - Tues 29 JulyStuart Gordon is an academic in the Department of Defence and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy. He is also a Research Fellow and visiting lecturer at Reading University, and a research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex Univserity. He specialises in the politics of conflict and has written widely on civil-military co-operation, UN peacekeeping and the securitisation of development assistance.
He has recently co authored the UK plan for southern Afghanistan - the Helmand Road Map - and the evaluation of the Helmand PRT Quick Impact Project Programme. He has conducted field research and consultancy work in Afghanistan, Iraq, Nepal, Sudan, Belize, Ghana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Cyprus, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. He is responsible for the department of Peace Support Operations and International Humanitarian Law and Law of War programmes. During 2003, he was the Operations Director for the US and UKs Iraq Humanitarian Operations Centre in Baghdad - a forerunner of a PRT - with responsibility for restoring the public food distribution system of Iraq. He has taught at the Joint Services Command and Staff College.
Members fee - 15Pounds Non members fee - 20Pounds The evening will start at 1800hrs with drinks in the Indian Army Memorial Room followed by the talk and then a curry. All members and their guests are very welcome to attend.
Leadership Encounter Evening - Tues 3 JuneDavid Williams will be talking on 'Florence Nightingale'
David Williams is a prominent member of the Crimean War Research Society and visits areas of conflict in the Baltic and Black Sea every year organising Battlefield Walking Tours.
David has given talks on Military History to Regimental Groups, educational establishments and is a frequent speaker at the National Army Museum and the Maritime Museum in Greenwich.
Although nominally retired David is still chairman of his own engineering group on the Brooklands Estate.
Leadership Encounter Evening - Tues 8 AprStephen E. Henthorne, FRUSI, MInstF, ACIArb
We are delighted that Stephen has found the time in his very busy schedule to come and speak at our next Leadership Encounter evening on Tues 8 Apr about 'Failures in 21st Century Leadership'
Internationally acknowledged Senior Executive with proven leadership skills and 30 years of diverse experience in delivering cost effective logistical support and healthcare delivery systems for civilian and military healthcare providers. In addition he has served various components of the Department of Defense as a Consultant, and Subject Matter Expert in the area of Joint-Interagency-Multinational Stability Operations, with specialized expertise in Civil-Military Co-operation (CIMIC), Civil-Military Operations (CMO), Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Management Operations (HAO)-(DMO), International Reconstruction Development, Post Conflict Stability and Resilience Operations, Refugee Conflict Mediation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution. He holds Credentials as a NATO & European Union Civil Emergency - CIMIC Planner (CEPCIMIC- NATO)(CIMCO- EU), a NATO & European Union Negotiator-Mediator, a UN Civil-Military Coordinator (CMCoord) and a UN Military Observer (MILOBS). He also holds the prestigious 'Certificate-of-Training in United Nations Peace Support Operations (COTIPSO),' and a 'Diplome en Mediation.'
He has served with distinction as a Visiting Professor of Civil-Military Relations at the U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute, a division within the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, and as the Professor of Civil-Military Operations at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Since December, 2005, he has resumed his appointment as a Registered Defense Logistics Agency Contractor. In that capacity he is currently under secondment assignment to the Canadian Department of National Defence, Canadian Forces (DND/CF), to provide familiarization training in Civil-Military Operations (CMO) to the rotating CJ9 (ISAF), the J9 and CIMIC Staff of the Canadian led Multi-national Brigade - South (Kandahar), Afghanistan.
In addition Mr. Henthorne is a Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence & Security Studies (UK), and has served as a Consultant and Subject Matter Expert for that organization, as well as to The Director of Peace Support Operations of The Joint Doctrine and Concepts Centre (UK), The Commandant of the Joint Services Command and Staff College (UK), The Directorate General of Development & Doctrine (UK), The Kuwait Ministry of Public Health & The Kuwait Institute For Medical Specialization, The Chief of Staff of The Royal Nepalese Army, The Center For Security Strategies and Operations, The Chief of Staff of The U.S. Military Mission To The United Nations, The Director of the U.S. Army Peacekeeping Institute, The Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, The Western Hemisphere Institute For Security Cooperation, The Joint Special Operations University, The Director of Civilian Crisis Management of the European Union, The Chief of Staff of the U.N. Missions to the Congo (MONUC HQ) and Haiti (MINUSTAH HQ), The Director of UNITAR POCI Distance Learning Program, The Deputy Director Canadian CIMIC, The J-9 CIMIC Coordinator (NDHQ- Canada), J9 Multi-National Brigade (Afghanistan), and The Director of the George C. Marshall Senior ROTC Awards Seminar of the Virginia Military Institute, where he serves yearly as Panel Chairperson for Defense and International Affairs issues. He, most recently, serves as a Special Consultant To The Director-e-Learning Programmes, Department of War Studies, King's College - London.
Members fee £10
Non-members fee £15
The evening will start at 1800hrs with drinks in the Indian Army Memorial Room followed by the talk and then a curry. All members and their guests are very welcome to attend.
Leadership Encounter Evening - Tues 5 FebMajor General Simon Mayall, ACGS, will be coming to speak on the 'Realities of War'.
Major General Simon Mayall is a cavalryman who was commissioned into the 15th/19th Hussars in 1979 after taking a degree in Modern History at Balliol College, Oxford. Between commissioning and command of 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards in 1997-1999, he served in Germany, Cyprus, UK, Oman and Belgium. In this time he was ADC to the UK Corps Commander, squadron led on loan service in the Middle East, was operations officer for the UK armoured division in the first Gulf War, MA to DSACEUR at SHAPE, and completed a book on Turkish security policy during a Defence Fellowship at St Antony's College, Oxford.
Since regimental command, Major General Mayall has commanded an all-arms brigade, including an operational tour in Kosovo, and has served twice in the MOD in the Resources and Plans Division, responsible for aligning Army structures and capabilities with Defence Policy and resources. In addition he has attended the Higher Command and Staff Course, and the Royal College of Defence Studies in London where he took a further degree in International Relations. Major General Mayall spent a period of time in Iraq as the Deputy Commanding General of the Multinational Corps (Iraq) in late 2006 and early 2007. Major General Mayall was appointed as the Assistant Chief of the General Staff in January 2007.
Major General Mayall is a bachelor with a keen interest in politics, history and the theatre. He has considerable experience in the Middle East, and speaks reasonable Arabic. He has written several articles on crusading history, Turkey, and jihad philosophy. He is a long-suffering Tottenham Hotspur supporter, and an erratic fieldsports shot.
Members fee £10
Non-members fee £15
Leadership Encounter Evening - Tues 6 NovemberRoger Annett, Ex RAF Officer, will be coming to the Academy to talk on the
Indonesian Confrontation - 1963-66 - Air supply in the Borneo Campaign
In the Far East in 1963, an Indonesian Army of 333,000 men, together with 3,000 commandos, threatened the territories of the newly-formed Federation of Malaysia. Across a 1-thousand mile jungle border in Borneo, up to 13,000 of those troops actively supported, and many times took part in, armed guerrilla incursions from Indonesian Kalimantan into the ex-British colonies of Sarawak and North Borneo.
Under a defence treaty with Malaysia, overstretched and outnumbered British troops and their allies, operating out of strong-points thinly spread along the mountain ridges, relying on the SAS and the Gurkhas for intelligence and 'hearts and minds' campaigning, managed to keep the aggressors at bay, right up to the peace treaty of August 1966. That success was made possible by continuous air supply.
Roger Annett from 1963 to 65 was a co-pilot on the Argosies of 215 Squadron, based in RAF Changi on Singapore Island and detached to forward bases in Borneo. Last year he published an account of his experiences 'Drop Zone Borneo' and has lately put together a presentation based on this book.
Roger is pleased to have the opportunity to share this with members of the Sandhurst Foundation.
LEADERSHIP ENCOUNTER - 11 SEPTEMBER 2007Dr Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones MBE PhD MA
Dr Malcolm will be talking on "Craufurd's Misadventure: the Action at Villar de Puerco, July 1810". This covers the action by the Light Division between the towns of Cuidad Rodrigo and Almeida when the former was being invested by Massena prior to his 1810 invasion of Portugal (finally being stopped at the Lines of Torres Vedras). This talk will cover Craufur's problem of controlling a highly dynamic ambush attempt, which did not go entirely to plan, in part due to the inspired leadership of the French Captain Gauache and his grenadiers.
Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones retired 10 years ago from the Royal Navy after 26 years' service, mainly in the Fleet Air Arm. He was qualified as an Observer tactical navigator) on anti-submarine Seaking helicopters, and became a warfare instructor. He served for just over a year in Northern Ireland on a ground tour where he was Mentioned in Despatches. Malcolm commanded the Operational Flying Training Flight of 706 Squadron and, later,commanded the front line 824 Squadron which was employed on special operations and conducting intensive trials of new equipment. For this he was appointed MBE. His last appointment was in the MOD looking after the operational requirements for the new Merlin helicopter.
Having retired, Malcolm took an MA in War Studies and then gained a PhD at King's College, London. His thesis explored the RN and anti-submarine warfare from 1917 to 1949. He now works as a Historian in the Naval Historical Branch, MOD, and has published a number of books, chapters and journal articles on naval, air and military historical topics.
Leadership Encounter Evening - Tues 24 JulyCommander Mark Bush OBE RN
Commander Mark is a retirend Royal Navy officer who served for 36 years. Over those years he has served very closely and in hand with both the Army and Air Force including Hong Kong and NATO HQ in Belgium.
Mark retired in 1991 and worked as a Speech Writer/Researcher to the Lord Mayor of London before fully retiring in 2004 - though he still works for numerous companies in London offering advice, information and talks.
Commander Mark will be talking on 'The Battle of the Atlantic 1939 - 1945 - a Supreme Test of Leadership'.
LEADERSHIP ENCOUNTER EVENING - 5 JUNESANJIV AHUJA CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ORANGE
Sanjiv has been the CEO of Orange S.A since March 2004. He was the Chief Operating Officer of Orange from April 2003 to March 2004.
During his leadership, Orange customer base has grown from 43 million to over 100 million customers worldwide, with the footprint expanding to include Poland, Spain, Senegal and Mali. The Orange Brand has also been adapted by France Telecom for its broadband and TV offerings.
Sanjiv?s previous industry experience includes the role of President of Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore), the world?s largest provider of operations support systems, network software and consulting and engineering services to the telecommunications industry. Prior to that, he spent fifteen years at IBM in various executive roles. His last responsibility included leading IBM?s entry into the telecommunications software industry. Most recently, he was CEO of Comstellar technologies, the Californian based technology company.
He is currently a non executive director of Cadbury Schweppes and William Sonoma
Inc.
He has a degree in electrical engineering from Delhi University, India, and a masters degree in computer science from Columbia University in New York.
LEADERSHIP ENCOUNTER EVENING - 3 APRIL 2007MAJOR GENERAL J COOPER DSO MBE
John Cooper was born on 17 February 1955 and educated at Berwick Grammar School. He was commissioned on 8 March 1975 into the King's Own Scottish Borderers. His early service was in Northern Ireland, Britain and Germany. He also carried out 2 tours with BMATT Zimbabwe in the 1980s.
Having attended Staff College in 1987, he was posted as Chief of Staff to Headquarters 8th Infantry Brigade in Northern Ireland for the period 1988-89 after which he commanded a rifle company in 1st Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (1 KOSB) serving with that unit in the Gulf War. He was promoted Lieutenant Colonel and assumed command of 1 KOSB in October 1993, commanding in Northern Ireland, Lancashire and Edinburgh, after which he became an instructor at the Army Staff College and then The Joint Services Command and Staff College.
He became a Colonel and filled the post of DACOS G3(O&D) in HQ LAND from November 1997, where he was responsible for the implementation of elements of 1998 Strategic Defence Review. He attended the Higher Command and Staff Course in 1998. He assumed command of 12 Mechanized Brigade in November 1999 serving in Bosnia in 2000, following which he was Chief of the Defence Staff's LO to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon in Washington DC in 2002. He then assumed the appointment of Chief of Staff, Field Army, HQ Land Command. Promoted to Major General he was Deputy Commander Combined Forces Command (Afghanistan) for the period May-December 2004. In January 2005 he took command of 1st (UK) Armoured Division. In December 2005 until July 2006, he and his Divisional HQ filled the role of HQ Multi-national Division (South East) in southern Iraq.
He was awarded the MBE in 1990 and DSO in 1995. He also holds the US Bronze Star Medal.
He was once a keen rugby and cricket player, but age and infirmity have now led to gentler pursuits including shooting and fishing.
He married Judy in 1979 and they have two adult children - Rory aged 24 and Camilla aged 22.
Major General Cooper assumed the appointment of DGTS on 2 October 2006.
Members Fee - £10
Guests Fee - £15
To include pre lecture drinks and after lecture buffet curry.
The evening will begin at 1800 in the Old College Conference Room. The talk will begin at 1830.
All guests must enter through the Staff College Gate and bring photographic ID with them.
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