Lieutenant General Richard Wardlaw OBE MSc BEng MInstRE

Biography

Lieutenant General Richard Wardlaw was appointed as the first Chief of Defence Logistics and Support in October 2019. As CDLS, he was responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of a cross-cutting, pan-Defence strategy for Support, a c£14-billion/annum enterprise covering every facet of Logistics, Engineering and Equipment Support.

Lieutenant General Wardlaw has over 30 years’ service in the Army and NATO including key staff posts such as Assistant Director Manning, Director Plans (Army), Chief of Staff Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) and Director Army Basing and Infrastructure. He has been stationed around the globe in Hong Kong, Brunei, the Falkland Islands, Germany, and the UK. He has served on operations in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. He was appointed OBE in 2012.

Lieutenant General Wardlaw was appointed as Colonel Commandant of the Brigade of Gurkhas and Chair of the Gurkha Welfare Trust, the leading charity for Gurkha veterans, in November 2020. He is a Member of the Institution of Royal Engineers.