Lucy Giles was commissioned in 1992 after studying at Exeter University. Postings with the Royal Logistic Corps included Germany and South Africa with deployments to Bosnia, East Timor, Sierra Leone, Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Appointed Commander of New College RMAS in January 2015, she received an entry into Debretts’ People of the Day in 2016. She won the ‘Inspirational’ and ‘Woman of the Year’ awards at the inaugural Women in Defence event in October 2016 and received an honorary doctorate from Exeter University for services to the military in July 2017. Promoted in 2018, she was the 37th President of the Army Officer Selection Board. Her final post in the regular army was Director Contemporary Military Studies at the Land Command and Staff College.

Lucy is an ambassador for First Women UK, Girl Guiding and Walking with the Wounded. She is a Freeman of the City of London, a Director for the Foundation for Leadership through Sport, the FA’s Performance Advisory Group and Somerset CCC. She is a liveryman and Court Assistant for the Worshipful Company of Farriers and is on Strategic Advisory Board for Women in Defence. She is Honorary Colonel of Exeter University Officer Training Corps, a Colonel Commandant for the RLC and received a CBE in the King’s New Year Honours 2024.

Lucy is married to Nick with two teenage children. She enjoys Metallica (as heard on Desert Island Discs, 2020), loves orienteering and completed the Marathon des Sables in October 2021.