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[[Major-General (United Kingdom)|Major General]] '''Andrew Robert Douglas Pringle''', [[Companion of the Order of the Bath|CB]], [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] is a retired [[British Army]] officer and currently president of [[KBR (company)|KBR]]'s International Government and Defence business.<ref name="kbr">{{cite web|url=http://www.kbr.com/About/Corporate-Officers/Andrew-Pringle/|title=Andrew Pringle|publisher=KBR|accessdate=23 July 2011}}</ref>
[[Major-General (United Kingdom)|Major General]] '''Andrew Robert Douglas Pringle''', [[Companion of the Order of the Bath|CB]], [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (born 1946)<ref>[http://www.checksure.biz/live/freeSearch_DirectorList.aspx?ssn=8721583-8423858420787542752445215&SearchId=6276510 Checksure]</ref> is a retired [[British Army]] officer and currently president of [[KBR (company)|KBR]]'s International Government and Defence business.<ref name="kbr">{{cite web|url=http://www.kbr.com/About/Corporate-Officers/Andrew-Pringle/|title=Andrew Pringle|publisher=KBR|accessdate=23 July 2011}}</ref>


==Military career==
==Military career==

Revision as of 12:10, 24 July 2011

Andrew Pringle
Born1946
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1966–2001
RankMajor-General
Commands20th Armoured Brigade
Battles/warsBosnian War
Kosovo War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major General Andrew Robert Douglas Pringle, CB, CBE (born 1946)[1] is a retired British Army officer and currently president of KBR's International Government and Defence business.[2]

Military career

Pringle attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned on 16 December 1966, as a second lieutenant in the Royal Green Jackets.[3] He was promoted to lieutenant in July 1968,[4] captain in December 1992[5] and major in February 1979.[6] He undertook a tour in Northern Ireland in 1980 for which he was appointed MBE.[7] Promoted to lieutenant-colonel in August 1983,[8] he was given command of his Regiment and promoted to full colonel in July 1988.[9]

He advanced to CBE in 1991.[10] Promoted to Brigadier in July 1992,[11] he was then given command of 20th Armoured Brigade in 1994.[12][13] He undertook a tour in Bosnia in 1995 for which he was given the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service.[14] In 1996 he became Director of Land Warfare at the Ministry of Defence.[13]

Pringle was promoted to major-general and appointed Commander of the Multi-National Division (South West) of the Stabilization Force in Bosnia in November 1997;[15] this earned him a further Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service.[16] He then became Chief of Staff at the UK's Permanent Joint Headquarters in 1998.[17] In 1999 he commanded British operations in Kosovo and Macedonia for which he was appointed CB in the New Years Honours List 2000.[18]

He retired in October 2001.[19] In March 2004 he became a Non-Executive Director of Manpower Software[20] and in April 2008 he became president of KBR's International Government and Defence business.[2]

References

  1. ^ Checksure
  2. ^ a b "Andrew Pringle". KBR. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  3. ^ "No. 44247". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 10 February 1967.
  4. ^ "No. 44614". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 14 June 1968.
  5. ^ "No. 45853". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 19 December 1972.
  6. ^ "No. 47775". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 19 February 1979.
  7. ^ "No. 48453". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 15 December 1980.
  8. ^ "No. 49434". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 1 August 1983.
  9. ^ "No. 51399". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 4 July 1988.
  10. ^ "No. 52563". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 14 June 1991.
  11. ^ "No. 53001". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 27 July 1992.
  12. ^ Major-General Andrew Pringle IQPC
  13. ^ a b Army Commands
  14. ^ "No. 54393". The London Gazette. 9 May 1996.
  15. ^ "No. 54952". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 17 November 1997.
  16. ^ "No. 55303". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 6 November 1998.
  17. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1999
  18. ^ "No. 55711". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 31 December 1999.
  19. ^ "No. 56366". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 23 October 2001.
  20. ^ Movers and Shakers Daily Telegraph, 26 March 2004

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