We are delighted to announce General Sir Simon Mayall, KBE, CB as the speaker at this year’s Lord Imbert Security Lecture.

General Sir Simon Mayall is a former British Army General and Middle East defence and security expert. He is also the author of ‘Soldier in the Sand, A Personal History of the Middle East’, published in 2020 his book is a unique insight into the region through personal experience and academic study.

Sir Simon had a distinguished 40 year career in the British Army serving in Germany, Northern Ireland, the Balkans, the Middle East and Central Asia, although he served much of his time in Arabia. He spent three years on secondment to the Sultan of Oman’s Armed Forces and was the Operations Officer for the 1st UK Armoured Division during the liberation of Kuwait in the first Gulf War.

In 2006 he was the Deputy Commanding General for the Multi-National Corps in Iraq, having been responsible for the new Royal Navy base in Bahrain, Britain’s first permanent military base East of Suez since 1971. His last appointment was as Prime Minister Cameron’s Security Envoy to Iraq and the Kurdish Regional Government after the fall of Mosul to Islamic State in 2014.

Having retired in 2015, General Mayall acts as a senior adviser to Greenhill, and to Coutts Bank.

Timings and dress code:
Registration 6.00 pm
Lecture 6.30 pm
Reception 7.30 pm
Carriages 8.30 pm
Dress code: Lounge suit (WCoSP tie, badge and/or Livery Pin for members)

Lord Peter Imbert 1933- 2017
Peter Michael Imbert, Baron Imbert, CVO, QPM, DL was Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service from 1987 to 1993, and prior to that appointment was Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police from 1979 to 1985. He was the Lord Lieutenant of Greater London until 2008.

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