Matthew Wiles

Air Vice-Marshal Matthew John Gethin Wiles, CB, CBE (born 1961) is a retired senior commander in the Royal Air Force who previously served as the Air Secretary.

Matthew Wiles
Born	1961 (age 61–62)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1979–2013
Rank	Air vice-marshal
Battles/wars	War in Afghanistan
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Wiles was commissioned into the Royal Air Force as a flying officer in 1979.^[1] He served as Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel and Logistics at Permanent Joint Headquarters^[2] and then went on to be Director General of the Joint Supply Chain at Defence Equipment and Support in 2008.^[3] He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours^[4] before he became Air Secretary in September 2011.^[5] He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2013 Birthday Honours.^[6]

References

1. "No. 48060". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 January 1980. p. 305.
2. 9th Annual Focused Logistics Conference^{[permanent dead link]} RUSI, April 2007
3. Best in class Archived 21 January 2013 at archive.today Defence Management Journal
4. Wired Government
5. Royal Air Force Senior Appointments
6. "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 2.

Military offices
Preceded by Mike Lloyd	Chief of Staff Personnel and Air Secretary 2011–2013	Succeeded by David Stubbs