Stuart Peach

Air Chief Marshal The Right Honourable The Lord Peach KG GBE KCB DL
Peach in 2012
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 November 2022 Life peerage
Chair of the NATO Military Committee
In office 29 June 2018 – 25 June 2021
Preceded by	Petr Pavel
Succeeded by	Rob Bauer
Personal details
Born	(1956-02-22) 22 February 1956 (age 68) Walsall, Staffordshire, England
Spouse	Brigitte Ender ​ (m. 1986)​
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Sheffield Downing College, Cambridge
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1974–2022[1]
Rank	Air Chief Marshal
Commands	Chair of the NATO Military Committee Chief of the Defence Staff Joint Forces Command Chief of Joint Operations Chief of Defence Intelligence Air Warfare Centre NATO Air Commander (Forward), Kosovo IX (Bomber) Squadron
Battles/wars	Operation Jural Kosovo
Awards	Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air Commander First Class of the Order of King Abdulaziz (Saudi Arabia) Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States) National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal (United States)

Air Chief Marshal Stuart William Peach, Baron Peach, KG, GBE, KCB, DL (born 22 February 1956) is a British retired senior Royal Air Force officer. After training as a navigator, Peach commanded IX (Bomber) Squadron and then became Deputy Station Commander RAF Bruggen. He was deployed as NATO Air Commander (Forward) in Kosovo in 2000. He went on to be Chief of Defence Intelligence in 2006, Chief of Joint Operations in 2009 and the first Commander of Joint Forces Command in December 2011 before being appointed Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff in May 2013. Peach succeeded General Sir Nick Houghton as Chief of the Defence Staff on 14 July 2016. He succeeded General Petr Pavel as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee on 29 June 2018, serving as such until his retirement from NATO in June 2021.