John Holmes (ex-SAS)

John was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1970, serving in the Gulf, Germany and Northern Ireland before joining 22 SAS in 1974. He subsequently followed a Special Forces career and in turn commanded a SAS Squadron, served as the Special Operations Liaison Officer at the British Embassy in Washington DC, ran the Special Forces Policy Desk in the Ministry of Defence and commanded 22 SAS from 1989 to 1992. He was subsequently given accelerated promotion to Brigadier and command of the Airborne Brigade for three years. He then served at SHAPE working in the Command Group for SACEURs Jowlan and Clarke. He returned to the UK in 1999 as Director Special Forces and in 2001 was promoted to 2-Star and given command of 4 Division. He elected for early retirement in 2002 and worked with a Risk Management Company for a period before taking up a consultancy position in London. During this period he completed a major work for the Metropolitan Police (Project Unicorn) into what the commercial sector in London could do to help the United Kingdom’s Counter-Terrorist effort. He joined Erinys in 2003 and serves the Board as Director of International Affairs.

Afiliations

• Scots Guards
• Special Air Service
• Erinys International
• Titon International