Andrew Pringle (British Army officer)

Pringle attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned on 16 December 1966, as a second lieutenant in the Royal Green Jackets.[3] He was promoted to lieutenant in July 1968,[4] captain in December 1972,[5] and major in February 1979.[6] He undertook numerous tours in Northern Ireland, for which he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire.[7] Promoted to lieutenant colonel in June 1983,[8] he was given command of his Regiment and promoted to full colonel in June 1988.[9]

Pringle was advanced to Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1991.[10] Promoted to brigadier in July 1992,[11] he was then given command of the 20th Armoured Brigade in 1994.[12][13] In that role, he undertook a tour in Bosnia in 1995, for which he was awarded a Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service.[14] In 1996 he became Director of Land Warfare at the Ministry of Defence.[13]

Pringle was promoted to major general and appointed Commander of the Multi-National Division (South-West) of the Stabilization Force in Bosnia in November 1997;[15] this earned him a further Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service.[16] He then became Chief of Staff at the UK's Permanent Joint Headquarters in October 1998,[17] in which role he was involved in the direction of British operations in Iraq, East Timor, Moxambique, Sierra Leone Kosovo and Macedonia during 1998 - 2001. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2000 New Year Honours.[18]

Pringle retired in October 2001.[19] In March 2004 he became a Non-Executive Director of Manpower Software and,[20] in April 2008, he was appointed president of KBR's International Government, Defence & Support Services business.[2]