Souda Spotlight - Meet the New Leaders Story and photo by Joel Diller, Public Affairs
British Royal Navy Cmdr. Ivor McQuaid
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Commanding Officer, U.K. Forces Souda Bay
ritish Royal Navy Cmdr. Ivor T. McQuaid joined the Royal Navy in February 1984 at the age of 16, enlisting as a junior weapon engineer mechanic. He has served on several U.K. warships and was promoted to petty officer (E-6) before transferring to the submarine service, where he was subsequently promoted to chief petty officer (E-8). He became a commissioned officer in 2005. During his 37-year career, he has served on several classes of submarines, and in many different operational theatres, including Bosnia and Iraq. He served an operation tour in Afghanistan with the Joint Force Support Headquarters. McQuaid said he is coming from the U.K. Defence Nuclear Organisation in London, where he served in a capability acquisition role as the (Command, Control, Communication, and Computers) desk officer and brings a wealth of engineering, operational and personnel management experience to this role. He earned a Master of Science degree in Information Capability Management from Cranfield University, England, and is a chartered engineer. Page 22
