Nick Houghton

Who is Nick Houghton?

General Sir John Nicholas Reynolds Houghton GCB CBE ADC Gen is the Chief of the Defence Staff of the British Armed Forces. He served as Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion The Green Howards in Northern Ireland during The Troubles and later became Commander of 39 Infantry Brigade in Northern Ireland. He was deployed as Senior British Military Representative and Deputy Commanding General, Multi-National Force – Iraq during the Iraq War. He went on to be Chief of Joint Operations at Permanent Joint Headquarters and has just finished as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff, having handed over to Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach on 10 May 2013.