{{Short description|British Army officer (born 1960)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = Lieutenant General |name= Sir Mark Poffley |honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB|OBE}} |image= Lt. Gen. Mark Poffley talks with Ukrainian Army Col. Ihor Lipko (cropped).jpg |image_size= |alt= |caption= Poffley in 2014 |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth year and age|1960}} |birth_place= |death_date= |death_place= |burial_place= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= British Army |service_years= 1985–2019 |rank= Lieutenant General |service_number= 521134 |unit= Royal Army Ordnance Corps |commands= 102nd Logistic Brigade <br/>13 Air Assault Support Regiment |battles= Gulf War<br/>Bosnian War<br/>Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia<br/>War in Afghanistan<br/>Iraq War |awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath<br/>Officer of the Order of the British Empire<br/>Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service |relations= |other_work= }} Lieutenant General '''Sir Mark William Poffley''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|KCB|OBE}} (born 1960) is a former senior British Army officer and an active director of Universal Defence and Security Solutions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mark William POFFLEY personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/bVPgZ4Yg1yXxuJCdJD-9PRQVxB4/appointments |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref>

==Military career== Poffley was commissioned into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in 1985.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://sandhursttrust.org/events/leadership-encounters/Leadership-Encounter-Major-General-Poffley-OBE.htm|title=Major General Mark Poffley OBE|date=21 September 2010|publisher=Sandhurst Foundation|accessdate=14 July 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150423225257/http://sandhursttrust.org/events/leadership-encounters/Leadership-Encounter-Major-General-Poffley-OBE.htm|archivedate=23 April 2015}}</ref> After seeing action in the Gulf War and then in the Bosnian War,<ref name=bio/> he served as Deputy Chief of Staff for 24 Airmobile Brigade and then as Staff Officer responsible for Plans and Doctrine in the Attack Helicopter Team.<ref name=bio/> He became commanding officer of 13 Air Assault Support Regiment in 2001, and was deployed to Macedonia in August of that year<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1497530.stm|title=More troops leave for Macedonia|date=18 August 2001|publisher=BBC|access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov-news.org/gov/uk/news/mod_operational_honours_and_awards/86526.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091139/http://www.gov-news.org/gov/uk/news/mod_operational_honours_and_awards/86526.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 March 2016|title=MoD Operational honours and awards|date=18 April 2002|publisher=Ministry of Defence|accessdate=24 April 2015}}</ref> and Afghanistan in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paradata.org.uk/units/13-air-assault-support-regiment-rlc|title=13 Air Assault Support Regiment|publisher=Paradata|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref>

Poffley went on to be Colonel Army Plans in 2003 and commander 102nd Logistic Brigade in 2005, seeing active service in Iraq in that capacity.<ref name=bio/> He went on to be Principal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff in December 2006, Chief of Staff Land Forces in March 2009 and Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Resources and Plans) in November 2011:<ref>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Ministry%20of%20Defence%20Senior%20Posts.pdf Senior Ministry of Defence and Tri-service Appointments] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033054/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Ministry%20of%20Defence%20Senior%20Posts.pdf |date=17 November 2015 }}</ref> he was given the additional title of Master General of Logistics in June 2012. Promoted to lieutenant general,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 60796 |date=4 March 2014 |page= 4406 |supp= y }}</ref> Poffley went on to be Commander Force Development and Capability in February 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defenceviewpoints.co.uk/defence-news/ups-and-outs-july-2013|title=Ups and outs July 2013|publisher=Defence Viewpoints|accessdate=14 July 2013}}</ref> as well as the Deputy Chief of the General Staff in Spring 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/20150622-RUSI_LWC_Programme_PUBLIC.pdf|title=Strategic Land Power|publisher=RUSI|accessdate=17 August 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004180356/https://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/20150622-RUSI_LWC_Programme_PUBLIC.pdf|archivedate=4 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://investor.shareholder.com/jpmorganchase/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=919302 |title=J.P. Morgan Signs Armed Forces Corporate Covenant |publisher=Investor.shareholder.com |date=2015-06-25 |accessdate=2015-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820205212/http://investor.shareholder.com/JPMorganChase/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=919302 |archive-date=20 August 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dsei.co.uk/Content/East-Theatre/18_145/ |title=DSEI 2015 – East Theatre (Land, Ministerial Keynote, Rising Stars) |publisher=Dsei.co.uk |accessdate=2015-08-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150829203227/http://www.dsei.co.uk/Content/East-Theatre/18_145/ |archivedate=29 August 2015 }}</ref> After that he was appointed Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Military Capability) at the Ministry of Defence in January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gurkhabde.com/qg-signals-bid-farewell-to-its-colonel-of-the-regt-maj-gen-n-a-w-pope-cbe/|title=QG Signals bid farewell to its Colonel of the Regt, Maj Gen N A W Pope CBE|publisher=Gurkha Brigade Association|date=10 December 2015|accessdate=12 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdainstitute.ca/images/20160112-Gen_Poffley_-_DCDS_MilCap_Official_Bio.pdf|title=Lieutenant General M W Poffley OBE|accessdate=29 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305003932/http://www.cdainstitute.ca/images/20160112-Gen_Poffley_-_DCDS_MilCap_Official_Bio.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).<ref name="LG 62310">{{London Gazette |issue= 62310 |date= 9 June 2018 |page= B3 |supp= y }}</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=Jacko Page}} {{s-ttl|title=Commander Force Development and Capability|years=2014&ndash;2015}} {{s-non|reason=Post disbanded}} {{s-new}} {{s-ttl|title=Deputy Chief of the General Staff|years=2015}} {{s-aft|after=Nick Pope}} |- {{s-bef|before=Stephen Hillier}} {{s-ttl|title=Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Capability)| years=2016&ndash;2018}} {{s-aft|after=Rich Knighton}} {{s-end}}

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