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Andrew Ridgway
Andrew Ridgway has been the Chairman of British Bobsleigh since 2010 and is currently serving as Her Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor in Jersey.
He has been involved with the sport of Bobsleigh since the 1970s when his regiment, the Royal Tank Regiment, dominated the British Bobsleigh Team. In 1998 he was invited to take over as Chairman of Army Bobsleigh. He then initiated a merger with Army Skeleton and Army Luge and became the first Director of Army Ice Sports responsible for all 3 disciplines. He learnt to drive a Bobsleigh at Igls in 2003.
Lieutenant General Ridgway was sworn in as Her Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor for Jersey on 14 June 2006. During his military career he commanded the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment and the 7th Armoured Brigade - the Desert Rats, and was the commander of UN Forces in Central Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1994. He has served in the Ministry of Defence as Colonel Army Programmes running the Army budget, as the first Director of Operational Capability and the first Director General of Training and Education. He was also the Chief of Joint Force Operations, which included service with the US led Coalition Task Force in Kuwait. He was the Chief of Staff of the NATO ACE Rapid Reaction Corps and Chief of Staff of Kosovo Force for the entry into Kosovo in 1999. His last military appointment was as Chief of Defence Intelligence and Deputy Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee.
His overseas service included duty in Germany, Northern Ireland, Belize, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kuwait, Macedonia and Kosovo.
He was appointed CBE in 1995 and CB in 2001 and he was awarded a QCVS in 2000. He received the US Defense Intelligence Agency medal in 2005. He was admitted as a Knight of Grace in the Order of St John in 2010.
He has been involved with the sport of Bobsleigh since the 1970s when his regiment, the Royal Tank Regiment, dominated the British Bobsleigh Team. In 1998 he was invited to take over as Chairman of Army Bobsleigh. He then initiated a merger with Army Skeleton and Army Luge and became the first Director of Army Ice Sports responsible for all 3 disciplines. He learnt to drive a Bobsleigh at Igls in 2003.
Lieutenant General Ridgway was sworn in as Her Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor for Jersey on 14 June 2006. During his military career he commanded the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment and the 7th Armoured Brigade - the Desert Rats, and was the commander of UN Forces in Central Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1994. He has served in the Ministry of Defence as Colonel Army Programmes running the Army budget, as the first Director of Operational Capability and the first Director General of Training and Education. He was also the Chief of Joint Force Operations, which included service with the US led Coalition Task Force in Kuwait. He was the Chief of Staff of the NATO ACE Rapid Reaction Corps and Chief of Staff of Kosovo Force for the entry into Kosovo in 1999. His last military appointment was as Chief of Defence Intelligence and Deputy Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee.
His overseas service included duty in Germany, Northern Ireland, Belize, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kuwait, Macedonia and Kosovo.
He was appointed CBE in 1995 and CB in 2001 and he was awarded a QCVS in 2000. He received the US Defense Intelligence Agency medal in 2005. He was admitted as a Knight of Grace in the Order of St John in 2010.