General Sir Patrick Sanders KCB CBE DSO ADC

General Sir Patrick Sanders served as one of the UK’s Joint Chiefs from 2019-2024, initially as Commander of UK Strategic Command (2019-2022) and recently as Chief of the General Staff (2022-2024). His career began in the Cold War in West Germany and he has commanded on operations in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan and was decorated for leadership under fire.

Away from operations he served in the Pentagon working for the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and in the UK MOD as Director of Operations, advising the Minister of Defence, and the Prime Minister.

He retired after a distinguished 40 year career, and is now Chairman of Herminius, has a range of strategic advisory roles, and co-hosts a geo-political podcast for The Times called ‘The General & The Journalist’.