Nigel Phillips

His Excellency Air Commodore
Nigel Phillips
CBE
His Excellency Air Commodore Nigel Phillips CBE
	Phillips in 2017
Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 13 August 2022
Monarchs	Elizabeth II; Charles III
Chief Minister	Julie Thomas
Preceded by	Philip Rushbrook
Governor of the Falkland Islands; Commissioner for South Georgia and ; the South Sandwich Islands
	In office; 12 September 2017 – 1 July 2022
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Chief Executive	Barry Rowland; Andy Keeling
Preceded by	Colin Roberts
Succeeded by	Alison Blake
Personal details
Born	10 May 1963 (age 61)[citation needed]
Spouse	Emma Phillips
Children	Kyrie Phillips
Alma mater	Durham University; King's College London
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1984-2017
Rank	Air Commodore

Career

Phillips joined the Royal Air Force in 1984 and went on to serve in various appointments, rising to the rank of Air Commodore.^[1] From 1993 to 1997, he attended Durham University, graduating as a Master of Business Administration and in 2001 he gained a Masters in Defence Studies, Military, political and international issues from King's College London, where he was awarded a Cormorant Fellowship.^[3] He went on to join the Defence Communication Services Agency as a Senior Staff Officer. Then in 2003 he was assigned to the British Embassy in Stockholm as the Defence Attaché.^[1]

In 2007 Phillips left Stockholm to become the Deputy Commandant and Garrison Commander at the Defence College of Communications and Information Systems. Two years later, in 2009, Phillips was assigned to the British Embassy in Warsaw, again as the Defence Attaché.^[1] Also in 2009, he was given the Master of Signals Award by the Royal Signals Institute.^[3]

Phillips undertook Russian language training at the Defence Academy in 2012 and in 2014 he was appointed Head of Russian Strategic Studies and Wider Europe Policy at the Ministry of Defence.^[1] He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2013 Birthday Honours^[4] and in 2016 Phillips became the Deputy Military Representative to Her Majesty's Permanent Representative to the European Union in Brussels, under the Ministry of Defence.^[1]

Ribbon	Description	Notes
	Order of the British Empire (CBE)	Commander Military Division 2013 Birthday Honours
	Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal	2002 UK version of this medal
	Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal	2012 UK version of this medal
	Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal	with 1 clasp