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William O'Leary QVRM TD DL VR is retired senior British

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officer who served as Deputy Commander Field Army.

Military career

After serving for seven years as a soldier, O'Leary was commissioned as a reserve officer in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ('REME') in 1988. He became commanding officer of 103 Battalion REME in 1999, Colonel Regional Forces in 2002 and Colonel Territorial Army Recruiting in 2005. He went on to be Deputy Brigade Commander of

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in 2008, Assistant Commander

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in 2011 and Assistant Deputy Military Secretary in 2015. After that he became Deputy Commander Field Army in 2018. O'Leary retired from the British Army on 12 March 2020.

Business career

After training as an engineering and sales specialist, O'Leary has worked in international business development with MGI Coutier, an automotive systems manufacturer, since the late 1990s.

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