Tim Hyams

Hyams was commissioned into the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards in 1986.[1][2] His regiment was amalgamated with the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards to form the Royal Dragoon Guards in 1992.[3] After deployments in Northern Ireland and Kosovo, he became commanding officer of the Royal Dragoon Guards in 2005, in which capacity he was deployed to Iraq in 2007.[4]

Hyams became Director of Personal Services in July 2011[5] and, after being sent to Afghanistan on a mission to consider the insider threat across the NATO command,[6] he became Director of Personnel Strategy in January 2013 and Commander, Collective Training Group, Land Warfare Centre in February 2014.[5] He went on to be General Officer Commanding Army Recruiting and Training Division in October 2016, Director Land Warfare in April 2018 and became Military Secretary in October 2019.[5][7][8]