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Mark Anderson, is a former

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officer who served as Commander Operations and Rear Admiral, Submarines.

Naval career

Educated at the

University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...

, Anderson joined the

in 1974 and was appointed commanding officer of the

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in 1993.Business Week
/ref> He became Military Assistant to the

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in May 2000, Commanding Officer of the

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in August 2002 and Director Equipment Capability (Underwater Effects) in March 2003 before moving on to become the Chief of the Defence Staff's Liaison Officer to the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee in July 2007, and Commander Operations and Rear Admiral, Submarines in January 2009.Senior Royal Navy Appointments
He retired from the Royal Navy in March 2011. In retirement Anderson became Strategy Director of Sonar & Undersea Systems and then Group Marketing Director at

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References

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