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Nigel Charles Forbes Guild CB

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(born 9 February 1949) is a former

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officer who went on to be

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Naval career

Educated at

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Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

and the

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, Guild joined the

in 1966.Citation for Doctor of Engineering
Bristol University Promoted to

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in 1990, he was appointed Military Assistant to the

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. In 1996 he became Director of Combat Systems and Equipment at the Procurement Executive and in 1998 he took charge of the implementation of the "smart" procurement system. Promoted to rear admiral in 2000, he was made

as well as an executive director of the

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and then, from 2004, he became Senior Responsible Owner (Carrier Strike Capability) as well as Chief Naval Engineer Officer. He retired from the Navy in 2009.Aircraft Carriers for the Future - 81st Thomas Lowe Gray Lecture
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 13 May 2009 He is President of the

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Family

In 1971 he married Felicity.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guild, Nigel 1949 births Living people People educated at Bryanston School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Royal Navy rear admirals Companions of the Order of the Bath People from Simon's Town Graduates of Britannia Royal Naval College