Michael Jackson (British Army)
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General Sir Michael Jackson was Chief of the General Staff from February 2003 to August 2006.[1]
From late 1989 to 1992 (around two and a half years) Jackson was Commander of the 39th Infantry Brigade,[2] one of three British Army brigade headquarters in Northern Ireland from the the outbreak of the troubles in 1969. It covered the Belfast area and its commander reported to the Commander Land Forces (Northern Ireland).[3]
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Sunday Times sting operation
In 2012, Jackson was one of a number of retired senior army officers targeted in a sting operation by Sunday Times journalists posing as representatives of a Korean drone manufacturer.[4]
Jackson reportedly suggested he could arrange meetings with General Sir Peter Wall and General Sir David Richards. Jackson later said he did not believe that senior members of the armed forces could be improperly influence and would not dream of trying to do so.[5]
Affiliations
- On the advisory board at Project Associates, a communications consultancy specialising in reputation and crisis work[6]
- Special adviser and chairman of the defence advisory board at PA Consulting Group, appointed February 2007[7]
- Chairman of Silk Road Resources Ltd, December 2006[7]
- Member of international advisory board, Rolls Royce plc, February 2007[7]
Former affiliations
- Non-executive director, Numis Securities Ltd, December 2006[7]
- Non-executive chairman, Benchmark Search Group, February 2007[7]
- Non-executive director at The Risk Advisory Group plc in December 2006. Was "Approved subject to the condition that, for two years from his last day of service, he should not be personally involved in lobbying UK Ministers or officials, the normal three-month waiting period being waived November 2006"[7]
External Resources
- Richard Norton-Taylor, Army chief questioned over 'shot list', The Guardian, 16 October 2003.
Notes
- ↑ General Sir Mike Jackson GCB CBE DSO, CMAWorld Online, 5 June 2010.
- ↑ General Sir Mike Jackson GCB CBE DSO, CMAWorld Online, 5 June 2010.
- ↑ Mark Urban, Big Boys' Rules: The SAS and the Secret Struggle against the IRA, Faber and Faber, 1992, p.16.
- ↑ Galloping Greed of the old warhorses, Insight, Sunday Times, 14 October 2012, pp.13-15.
- ↑ Galloping Greed of the old warhorses, Insight, Sunday Times, 14 October 2012, p.15.
- ↑ Team Project Associates, accessed 5 November 2014
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Ninth Report 2006-2008 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 4 November 2014
