Roy Andersen (general)

Major General Roy Cecil Andersen CSSA SD & Bar SM MMM JCD with 30 Yr Clasp (born 12 May 1948 in Johannesburg) is a South African businessman and a retired Reserve general officer in the South African Army from the artillery. He matriculated from Northview High School and graduated from Witwatersrand University.

Major General

Roy Cecil Andersen

CSSA SD & Bar SM MMM JCD with 30 Yr Clasp
Maj Gen Roy C Andersen Chief Defence Reserves SANDF
Born (1948-05-12) 12 May 1948
Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
Allegiance South Africa
Service/branch South African Army
Years of service1966–2021
RankMajor General
UnitTransvaal Horse Artillery
Commands held
  • General of the Gunners
  • Chief Defence Reserves
  • Director Part Time Component
  • SSO Operations, 7 Div
  • SSO Artillery, 7 Div
  • OC Transvaal Horse Artillery
Battles/warsSouth African Border War
AwardsStar of South Africa CSSA Southern Cross Decoration SD & Bar Southern Cross Medal SM Military Merit Medal MMM Pro Patria Medal (South Africa) ' General Service Medal (South Africa) ' Unitas (Unity) Medal ' Mandela Commemoration Medal ' Medalje vir Troue Diens (Medal for Loyal Service) ' Medalje vir Troue Diens (Medal for Loyal Service) ' John Chard Decoration JCD John Chard Medal '
Other workBusinessman

Military career

He was commissioned into the Artillery in 1966 at 14 Field Regiment in Bethlehem, Orange Free State where he served under the then Officer Commanding- Cmdt C.L. Viljoen. He commanded the Transvaal Horse Artillery from 1976 to 1979[1] and participated in Operation Savannah both as regimental Commander and Air Observation Post Officer. He was thereafter appointed as Senior Staff Officer Artillery and subsequently Senior Staff Officer Operations of 7 South African Infantry Division. He was promoted to the rank of Major General in October 2003, as Chief Defence Reserves for the South African National Defence Force.[2]

Civilian career

He studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 1972 and as a Certified Public Accountant in 1975 in Texas.[3]

He served as Executive President of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange from 1992 until 1997. As of 2023 he is a Director of Nampak.[4]

Honours and awards

Medals

He has been awarded[2] the

Proficiency badges
Proficiency badges
Master Gunner: 110
Master Gunner
Major General
Roy C. Andersen[lower-alpha 2]
Year: 2019
←109: Master Warrant Officer
M.P. Mokoena		 Lt Colonel
M.S. Makhele :111→
Badge for Reserve Voluntary Service
(Service Award)
Five Years Voluntary Service
Black on Thatch beige, Embossed

Notes
  1. Only the Cunene clasp was awarded, to members who served in Angola during Operation Savannah in 1975 and 1976. Recipients of the clasp wear a button, with the letter C encircled by a wreath, on the ribbon bar.
  2. Post occupied when award was made: CD SANDF Reserves, CSD

References
  1. Rumney, Reg (1999). Movers & shakers: an A-Z of South African business people. Internet Archive. Sandton: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-029025-7.
  2. "Profile – Major General Roy Andersen, CSSA, SD, SM, MMM, JCD Chief of Defence Reserves, SA National Defence Force". Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  3. "GIBS Fellows". Archived from the original on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  4. "About Us: Management Structure Directorate". nampak.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.


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