Simon Stuart
Biography
Enlisting as a soldier in 1987, Lieutenant General Simon Stuart was commissioned into the Royal Australian Infantry Corps in 1990. He has over thirty eight years’ experience across a range of leadership, operations, training and program management appointments in Australia and overseas.
He has commanded on operations on five occasions at the company, Joint Task Force, brigade and force levels in East Timor, Afghanistan and Egypt/Israel respectively. Lieutenant General Stuart is a graduate of the Royal Military College - Duntroon (1990), the United Kingdom’s Joint Services Command and Staff College (2003), the United States Army War College (2015) and the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program (2022).
Lieutenant General Stuart’s honours and awards include his appointment as Member of the Order of Australia (2011), the Distinguished Service Cross (2014) and advancement to Officer of the Order of Australia (2020), and he has also received a number of foreign awards. LTGEN Stuart was appointed Chief of Army in July 2022.
The Chief of Army's full biography is available on the Australian Army website.
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