# Colin Terry

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[Air Marshal](/source/Air_Marshal) **Sir Colin George Terry**, (8 August 1943 – 9 February 2025) was a senior [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force) officer.

## RAF career

Educated at [Imperial College London](/source/Imperial_College_London), Terry joined the Royal Air Force in 1965.[1] He went on to be Director-General of Support Management in 1993,[2] Chief of Staff at [Logistics Command](/source/RAF_Logistics_Command) in 1995[3] and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Logistics Command in 1997 before retiring in 1999.[4] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the [Order of the British Empire](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) in the [1995 Birthday Honours](/source/1995_Birthday_Honours).[5]

## Later life and career

In retirement Terry became President of the Council of the [Royal Aeronautical Society](/source/Royal_Aeronautical_Society) and Chairman of the [Engineering Council](/source/Engineering_Council).[1] He also became Chairman of [Meggitt](/source/Meggitt) and [deputy lieutenant](/source/Deputy_lieutenant) of [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire).[6] He was also appointed a [Fellow](/source/Fellow) of the [Royal Academy of Engineering](/source/Royal_Academy_of_Engineering) in 2001.[7]

Terry was chairman of *Centronic*, a nuclear industry engineering company, between July 2016 and July 2018.[8]

Terry was appointed Chairman of *BOXARR*, a software business, in 2017.[9]

Terry died on 9 February 2025.[10]

## References

1. [Biography](http://www.imperial.ac.uk/college.asp?P=6989) Imperial College, London

1. Whitaker's Almanack 1994

1. Whitaker's Almanack 1996

1. ["Royal Air Force Senior Appointments"](http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Royal%20Air%20Force%20Senior%20Appointments.pdf)

1. No. 54066. 16 June 1995. p. 3.

1. [Meggitt plc](https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=MGGT.L&officerId=400000) Reuters

1. ["List of Fellows"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160608094405/http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows). Archived from [the original](http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows) on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

1. ["Colin George Terry – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)"](https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/z-3FG_wOdYvTFKujClvXo03QGVM/appointments). *Companies House*. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

1. ["Sir Colin Terry becomes BOXARR Chairman"](http://www.adsadvance.co.uk/sir-colin-terry-becomes-boxarr-chairman.html). ADSAdvance. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.

1. ["Engineering Council"](https://www.engc.org.uk/news/press-releases/2025/obituary-sir-colin-terry-kbe-cb-dl-freng-1943-2025/). *www.engc.org.uk*

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