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Ruddock served a full military career with the [[Royal Air Force]], with notable roles including Officer Commanding RAF Coningsby, Air Commodore Defensive Operations, Director of Air Staff, Air Secretary, and Air Component Commander for both Afghanistan and Iraq. His last role before leaving as an Air Marshal.
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Ruddock served a full military career with the [[Royal Air Force]], with notable roles including Officer Commanding RAF Coningsby, Air Commodore Defensive Operations, Director of Air Staff, Air Secretary, and Air Component Commander for both Afghanistan and Iraq. His last role before leaving was as an Air Marshal.
  
 
He was also director general of [[Ministry of Defence Saudi Armed Forces Projects|Saudi Armed Forces Projects]] with the [[Ministry of Defence]] between June 2006 - March 2011.<ref name="LI"> [https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/peter-ruddock/32/669/261 Peter Ruddock] ''Linkedin'', accessed 10 December 2014 </ref><ref> [http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Royal%20Air%20Force%20Senior%20Appointments.pdf Senior Royal Air Force appointments] ''Gulabin'', accessed 10 December 2014 </ref> <ref name="Ruddock"> *Campaign Against the Arms Trade, [https://www.caat.org.uk/resources/influence/person/593/meetings Sir Peter Ruddock Meetings with UK Government while working for industry] </ref>
 
He was also director general of [[Ministry of Defence Saudi Armed Forces Projects|Saudi Armed Forces Projects]] with the [[Ministry of Defence]] between June 2006 - March 2011.<ref name="LI"> [https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/peter-ruddock/32/669/261 Peter Ruddock] ''Linkedin'', accessed 10 December 2014 </ref><ref> [http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Royal%20Air%20Force%20Senior%20Appointments.pdf Senior Royal Air Force appointments] ''Gulabin'', accessed 10 December 2014 </ref> <ref name="Ruddock"> *Campaign Against the Arms Trade, [https://www.caat.org.uk/resources/influence/person/593/meetings Sir Peter Ruddock Meetings with UK Government while working for industry] </ref>

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Peter Ruddock CBE, CB is a former high ranking officer of the British Royal Air Force and Ministry of Defence who retired in 2011.

That same year he joined the global aerospace and defence company Lockheed Martin UK as a business development director.

Ruddock was appointed Lockheed Martin chief executive in January 2016.

Military career

Ruddock served a full military career with the Royal Air Force, with notable roles including Officer Commanding RAF Coningsby, Air Commodore Defensive Operations, Director of Air Staff, Air Secretary, and Air Component Commander for both Afghanistan and Iraq. His last role before leaving was as an Air Marshal.

He was also director general of Saudi Armed Forces Projects with the Ministry of Defence between June 2006 - March 2011.[1][2] [3]

In recognition of his military service, Ruddock was made a Companion of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2001 and a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 2011.

Revolving Door

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After retiring from the Royal Air Force in 2011, Ruddock was appointed director of business development at Lockheed Martin in July 2011.[1]. He was appointed UK chief executive in January 2016.

Since working for Lockheed, Ruddock has had 11 meetings with the UK government, the most recent of these in November 2016 according to Campaign Against the Arms Trade's Political Influence database. [3]

External resources

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Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Peter Ruddock Linkedin, accessed 10 December 2014
  2. Senior Royal Air Force appointments Gulabin, accessed 10 December 2014
  3. 3.0 3.1 *Campaign Against the Arms Trade, Sir Peter Ruddock Meetings with UK Government while working for industry