Brigadier Chris Gent

Brigadier Chris Gent commissioned from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1998 and has served predominantly with 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, including as Commander of C Battery and later as Commanding Officer. His operational experience spans Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Cyprus, with roles ranging from Forward Observation Officer on Operation TELIC to counter-Da'esh planning within a US-led Combined Joint Task Force on Operation INHERENT RESOLVE. He has led civil engagement, reconstruction, and multinational joint fires, and deployed his Battery on Operation HERRICK. A graduate of the Advanced Command and Staff Course, he holds an MA in Defence Studies and later won the NATO Defense College Eisenhower Award. He has served at SHAPE shaping future plans and force development. In 2024 he was selected for promotion to Brigadier and appointment to the new role of DCOS Transformation & Integration within Headquarters Allied Land Command.