Ian Corder

Vice Admiral Sir Ian Fergus Corder, KBE, CB (born 6 August 1960) is a retired senior Royal Navy officer who served as UK Military Representative to NATO. In 2016, he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.

Sir Ian Corder KBE, CB
Corder in 2013
Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 March 2016
Premier	Jonathan Le Tocq Gavin St Pier
Preceded by	Peter Walker
Personal details
Born	(1960-08-06) 6 August 1960 Nuneaton, England
Alma mater	Peterhouse, Cambridge
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	Royal Navy
Years of service	1978–2016
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands	HMS Cumberland HMS Splendid HMS Oracle
Battles/wars	Operation Ellamy
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath

Naval career

Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush

Educated at Rugby School and Peterhouse, Cambridge, Corder joined the Royal Navy in 1978.[1] He commanded the submarine HMS Oracle, then the submarine HMS Splendid and finally the frigate HMS Cumberland.[1] He went on to become Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord, Deputy Director of the unit at the Ministry of Defence responsible for policy regarding NATO, the European Union and the United Nations and then Chief of the Strategic Systems Executive.[1] After that he became Director of Naval Personnel Strategy and then Deputy Commander Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO before becoming Commander Operations and Rear Admiral, Submarines in March 2011 and in that capacity he was the UK's Maritime Commander for operations over Libya (Operation Ellamy) in Spring 2011.[2] He attended the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in April 2011.[3] He went on to be UK Military Representative to NATO in May 2013.[4]

Corder retired from the Royal Navy on 1 July 2016.[5]

He was elected an Honorary Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge in 2016.[6]

Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey

Ian Corder (middle) attending the Queen's birthday parade 2016 in St. Peter Port, Guernsey

In March 2016 Corder was announced as the next Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey, to assume the post by May.[7]

He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours.[8]

References

1. EU Biography
2. "Libya update". UK Government. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
3. "Royal wedding guest list". BBC. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
4. Senior Tri-Service and Ministry of Defence Appointments Archived 17 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine
5. "No. 61677". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 August 2016. p. 17572.
6. "Vice Admiral Sir Ian Corder". Peterhouse. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
7. "New Lt-Governor is a career Navy man". Guernsey Press. 16 February 2016.
8. "No. 61608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2016. p. B5.

Military offices
Preceded by Mark Anderson	Commander Operations 2011–2013	Succeeded by Matthew Parr
Preceded by Sir Christopher Harper	UK Military Representative to NATO 2013–2016	Succeeded by Sir George Norton
Government offices
Preceded by Peter Walker	Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey 2016 –	Incumbent