Colonel (Ret’d) Richard Fawcett served 34 years in the Canadian Armed Forces before taking on executive roles in the defence industry and joining the ADGA team in September 2020. During his military career, Col (Ret’d) Fawcett served in a variety of command and staff appointments, in Canada and internationally, with both NATO and the United Nations. A graduate of the Royal Military College with a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master Degree in Public Administration, he attended Division 1 of the UK Army staff course at the Royal Military College of Science in Shrivenham, and has also completed myriad military technical, command, and staff courses.