| David Allan Walker | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 July 1956 (age 68) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1974–2011 |
| Rank | Air Marshal |
| Commands held |
RAF Halton RAF Training Group |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
| Other work |
Extra Equerry to The Queen Vice-Patron of the Royal International Air Tattoo President, London Wing, Air Training Corps Vice-President, RAF Club Honorary Air Commodore 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn RAuxAF Hon. President, Montrose Air Heritage Centre Trustee, Savoy Educational Trust Patron, The Poppy Ball Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. |
Air Marshal Sir David Allan Walker, KCVO, OBE, DL (born 14 July 1956) is a Director at Alexander Mann Solutions, and a Senior Advisor at PwC. He is a former senior RAF officer and Master of the Household to the Sovereign.
Career[]
Walker was commissioned in the Administrative Branch of the Royal Air Force on 1 September 1974.[1] He was regraded to pilot officer on 15 July 1977 (seniority 15 October 1975),[2] promoted to flying officer on 15 January 1978 (seniority 15 April 1976)[3] and promoted to flight lieutenant on 15 October 1980.[4]
Walker became Station commander at RAF Halton in 1997, Director of Corporate Communications for the RAF in 1998 and Director of Personnel and Training Policy in 2002.[5] He went on to be Air Officer Commanding the RAF Training Group in 2003 before being seconded to Buckingham Palace in 2005 as Master of the Household to the Sovereign.[5] On retiring from the Royal Household in 2013 he joined HSBC as Senior Advisor to the Group Executive Chairman, and then moved to a similar role in Barclays Bank, from 2014 to 2015, advising the Group CEO. In 2015 he joined the Board of Alexander Mann Solutions, and became a Senior Advisor at PwC.
Awards and titles[]
Walker was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in 1992, an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1995,[5] and a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2011 Birthday Honours, being invested in a personal audience with The Queen on 13 July 2011.[6][7][8]
References[]
- ↑ "No. 46432". 16 December 1974. p. 12879. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46432/supplement/12879
- ↑ "No. 47311". 26 August 1977. p. 11142. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47311/supplement/11142
- ↑ "No. 47437". 16 January 1978. p. 609. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47437/supplement/609
- ↑ "No. 48366". 10 November 1980. p. 15626. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/48366/supplement/15626
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Air Vice-Marshal David Walker, OBE, MVO". Debrett's. https://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/21778/David-Allan-WALKER. Retrieved 7 May 2010.[dead link]
- ↑ The Court Circular, 13 July 2011
- ↑ "No. 59808". 11 June 2011. p. 3. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59808/supplement/3
- ↑ "HM The Queen's Birthday Honours List - 2011". London: Daily Telegraph. 11 June 2011. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/honours-list/8569793/Queens-Birthday-Honours-2011-list-in-full.html. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
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