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'''Iain McNicoll''' is a former high ranking officer in the [[Royal Air Force]] and the [[Ministry of Defence]].

After retiring from the armed forces in 2010 he holds positions at a number of defence companies, including [[GMTL]].

==Career==
McNicoll joined the [[Royal Air Force]] in 1975, with notable roles including, assistant director of operational capability at the [[Ministry of Defence]] in 1996, personal staff officer to the chief of the defence staff in 1997, director of force development in 2000, director-general of joint doctrine and concepts in 2002, air officer commanding no.2 group in 2005 and finally deputy commander-in-chief at Air command in 2007, before retiring in 2010.<ref name="bio"> [http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/2E0ED847_1143_EC82_2E511563CB16BE4C.doc Air Marshal I W McNicoll CB CBE BSc FRAeS RAF Deputy Commander-in-Chief Operations] RAF</ref> McNicoll's senior positions were focused on policy and on operations, and when he was main board executive director in his last two tours he was controlling a budget of £2.6 billion.<ref name="GMTL"> [http://www.gmtl.co/index.php/team/iain-mcnicoll/ Iain McNicoll] ''GMTL'', accessed 9 December 2014 </ref>

==Revolving door==
*[[GMTL]]<ref name="GMTL"/>
*Associate Partner, [[Defence Strategy and Solutions]] LLP, October 2010-August 2011. Approved by [[ACOBA]] "subject to a waiting period of 3 months from his last day of service and the condition that, for 12 months from the same date he should not become personally involved in lobbying UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers, on behalf of his new employer".<ref> [http://acoba.independent.gov.uk/media/acoba/assets/acobatwelfthreport2010-2011.pdf Report 2010-2011] ''Advisory Committee on Business Appointments'', accessed 9 December 2014 </ref>
*Non-executive director, [[Jee]] Limited, September 2009-<ref name="LI"> [https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/iain-mcnicoll/27/36a/205 Iain McNicoll] ''Linkedin'', accessed 9 December 2014 </ref>
*Director, [[Beech House Consulting]] Limited, April 2012-<ref name="LI"/>
*Non-executive partnership director, [[NATS Holdings]] Limited, September 2013-<ref name="LI"/>

==Education==
*BSc, Engineering Science, [[University of Edinburgh]] 1971-1975<ref name="bio"/><ref name="LI"/>

==Notes==
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[[Category:Revolving Door|McNicoll, Iain]][[Category:ACOBA|McNicoll, Iain]]

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