Make a decision and just go forward then drive it in the direction you want! Air Chief Marshall Sir Simon Bryant, a former Royal Air Force officer

Air Chief Marshall Sir Simon Bryant, is a former Royal Air Force officer, who served as Commander-in-Chief of Air Command, and who now runs his own company, Simon Bryant Consultancy Ltd.  

Simon lives near Chichester, with his wife Helen and has two grown children and went to Stamford School in Lincolnshire.    

He attended Nottingham University to study Geography and from here, following in his father’s footsteps, Simon joined the RAF which spanned a 35-year career.  

He was commissioned as a university cadet in 1974, was regraded on graduation and then promoted to flying officer before his promotion to flight lieutenant in 1978. 

Simon then trained as a fast jet navigator, completing two tours on the F-4 Phantom in the Air Defence role before an exchange tour with the US Navy, instructing on the F-14 Tomcat. 

In 1985, Simon was promoted to squadron leader and flew the Tornado F3.  

Simon was finally promoted to Chief of Staff Personnel in 2006, taking responsibility for the human resources side of the RAF and then in 2009 promoted to the Deputy Commander Personnel and Training.  

In his final years with the RAF, Simon was responsible for over 40,000 people as the Commander-in-Chief.  

During his RAF years, he even found time to complete a Master of Arts in Defence Studies.  

Simon let the RAF in 2012, to join BAE systems as the Vice President in Oman and in 2018 took the role of Vice President of Military and Business (Middle East) before becoming their CEO for Strategic Aerospace.  

After a remarkable career, in 2020, Simon set-up Simon Bryant Consulting Ltd.  

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