Paul Lloyd | |
|---|---|
 Lloyd in 2023 | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1991 – present |
| Rank | Air Marshal |
| Commands held | Deputy Chief of the Air Staff |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Air Marshal Paul Harron Lloyd CBE is a senior Royal Air Force officer. He currently serves as interim Deputy Chief of the Air Staff and Air Member for Personnel.
Lloyd studied mechanical engineering at the University of Manchester, graduating with a first class honours Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) degree. During his military service, he further studied for Master of Defence Administration (MDA) degree from Cranfield University (2002), a Master of Arts (MA) degree in defence studies from King's College London (2008), and a Master of Science (MSc) degree from the University of Oxford in major programme management (2018). [1]
Lloyd was commissioned into the RAF on 29 September 1991. [2] After training as an engineer officer, he became Chief Engineer and Type Airworthiness Authority within the Unmanned Air Systems project team at Defence Equipment and Support in September 2012. He went on to be Head of the Typhoon Delivery Team at Defence Equipment and Support in August 2016, and Director Support and the Chief Engineer of the RAF in January 2021. He was appointed interim Deputy Chief of the Air Staff and Air Member for Personnel in September 2023. [3] [4]
He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 Birthday Honours. [5] [6]
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