Doug Lewis (Royal Navy officer)

Commodore Douglas Raymond Snell Lewis[1] CBE[1] (born October 1940[2]) is a former Royal Navy officer who later became a senior charity executive.

Royal Navy career

Lewis joined the Royal Navy; in 1969 he was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant in the Supply & Secretariat specialisation.[3] He was promoted to commander in 1980,[4] to captain in 1989,[5] and to commodore in 1992.[6]

He was the supply officer of HMS Jupiter in 1974−75,[7] first supply officer of HMS Ark Royal in 1985−86,[8] and commander of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1988−90.[9]

Lewis served five appointments in the Ministry of Defence, including time as Director of Personnel for the Royal Navy;[10] his final post was as Director Personnel Policy for the British Armed Forces[11] between 1995 and 1998. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1993 New Year Honours.[1]

He was president of the Royal Navy Rugby Union between 1997 and 1998.[12]

Charitable activities

Lewis was chairman of Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB; formerly known as ISS UK), the UK Branch of the global International Social Service (ISS) network, from 2004 to 2014.[13] He was president of ISS from May 2014 to May 2018,[14] having previously served as chair of its governing board between 2010 and 2014.[15] On completion of his period of office at ISS in 2018, he rejoined CFAB as its president and as a trustee.[15]

Lewis has been the chair of Compass School Trust since 2011.[16]

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References
  1. "Supplement to The London Gazette". The London Gazette (53153). London, England. 30 December 1992. p. 5. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  2. Companies House
  3. "The Navy List 1970". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "The London Gazette 1980 Supplement" (No 48263, p10712).
  5. "The London Gazette 1989 Supplement" (No 51805, p8084).
  6. "The Navy List 1993". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. "The Navy List 1975". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. "The Navy List 1986". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. "The Navy List 1989". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. "The Navy List 1993". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. "The Navy List 1996". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. "Presidents of the Royal Navy Rugby Union". Navy Rugby. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06.
  13. Bryer, Margaret (2015). An Imaginative Co-operation: The History of the International Social Service of the United Kingdom 1955-2009. Etica. p. 181. ISBN 978 1 905633 22 7.
  14. "Governance and Legal Framework". International Social Service.
  15. CFAB website
  16. "Our Governors". Compass Trust School.
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