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'''Nicky Moffatt''' (Brigadier '''Nicola Patricia Moffat''',  CBE (born 1962)<ref>Aged 49 in Jan 2012 (Hopkins), aged 50 in June 2012 (Rayment), therefore born Jan-June 1962.</ref> known as '''Nicky Moffat''', was the highest-ranking woman in the British Army from 2009 until her resignation in 2012.<ref name="hopkins">Nick Hopkins, [https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jan/11/nicky-moffat-highest-ranking-woman-army "Meet Nicky Moffat, the highest ranked woman in the British army"], ''The Guardian'', 11 January 2012.</ref><ref name="rayment">Sean Rayment, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/9366975/Armys-most-senior-female-officer-quits-amid-cuts-anger.html "Army’s most senior female officer quits amid cuts anger"], ''The Telegraph'', 30 June 2012.</ref> She subsequently became a leadership consultant and speaker.<ref name=eda>[http://europeandiversityawards.com/portfolio/nicky-mofatt-cbe-leadership-consultant-speaker-what-good-leadership-looks-like-ltd/ "Nicky Moffat CBE, Leadership Consultant, Speaker & Coach"], ''European Diversity Awards''.</ref> She was selected as one of the BBC's "100 Women" in 2014, cited as "Highest Ranked woman in British Armed Forces".<ref name="bbc-100">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-29758792 "Who are the 100 Women 2014?"] ''BBC News'' 26 October 2014</ref> She was appointed CBE in the 2012 New Year Honours.
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[[File:Nicky Moffat.jpg|thumb|Nicky Moffat]]'''Nicky Moffat''' (Brigadier '''Nicola Patricia Moffat''',  CBE (born 1962)<ref>Aged 49 in Jan 2012 (Hopkins), aged 50 in June 2012 (Rayment), therefore born Jan-June 1962.</ref> known as '''Nicky Moffat''', was the highest-ranking woman in the British Army from 2009 until her resignation in 2012.<ref name="hopkins">Nick Hopkins, [https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jan/11/nicky-moffat-highest-ranking-woman-army "Meet Nicky Moffat, the highest ranked woman in the British army"], ''The Guardian'', 11 January 2012.</ref><ref name="rayment">Sean Rayment, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/9366975/Armys-most-senior-female-officer-quits-amid-cuts-anger.html "Army’s most senior female officer quits amid cuts anger"], ''The Telegraph'', 30 June 2012.</ref> She subsequently became a leadership consultant and speaker.<ref name=eda>[http://europeandiversityawards.com/portfolio/nicky-mofatt-cbe-leadership-consultant-speaker-what-good-leadership-looks-like-ltd/ "Nicky Moffat CBE, Leadership Consultant, Speaker & Coach"], ''European Diversity Awards''.</ref> She was selected as one of the BBC's "100 Women" in 2014, cited as "Highest Ranked woman in British Armed Forces".<ref name="bbc-100">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-29758792 "Who are the 100 Women 2014?"] ''BBC News'' 26 October 2014</ref> She was appointed CBE in the 2012 New Year Honours.
  
 
Moffat graduated in 1985 with a BA in Hispanic Studies from the [[University of Liverpool]],<ref name=linked>[https://uk.linkedin.com/in/nickymoffatcbe|website "Nicky Moffat"], ''Linked In''</ref> though has said that she "almost got booted out" for neglecting her studies in favour of the Officers' Training Corps' activities.<ref name=hopkins /> In 1995 she gained an MA in Military Studies, Defence from [[Cranfield University]].<ref name=linked />
 
Moffat graduated in 1985 with a BA in Hispanic Studies from the [[University of Liverpool]],<ref name=linked>[https://uk.linkedin.com/in/nickymoffatcbe|website "Nicky Moffat"], ''Linked In''</ref> though has said that she "almost got booted out" for neglecting her studies in favour of the Officers' Training Corps' activities.<ref name=hopkins /> In 1995 she gained an MA in Military Studies, Defence from [[Cranfield University]].<ref name=linked />

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Nicky Moffat
Nicky Moffat (Brigadier Nicola Patricia Moffat, CBE (born 1962)[1] known as Nicky Moffat, was the highest-ranking woman in the British Army from 2009 until her resignation in 2012.[2][3] She subsequently became a leadership consultant and speaker.[4] She was selected as one of the BBC's "100 Women" in 2014, cited as "Highest Ranked woman in British Armed Forces".[5] She was appointed CBE in the 2012 New Year Honours.

Moffat graduated in 1985 with a BA in Hispanic Studies from the University of Liverpool,[6] though has said that she "almost got booted out" for neglecting her studies in favour of the Officers' Training Corps' activities.[2] In 1995 she gained an MA in Military Studies, Defence from Cranfield University.[6]

She joined the then Women's Royal Army Corps after university, and stayed in the army 26 years, including a spell as military private secretary to Geoff Hoon while he was Minister of Defence.[2] Her final posting before resigning was as Armed Forces head of pay and strategic manning at the Ministry of Defence.[3] Her resignation caused some surprise, as six months earlier she had given an interview enthusing about the army as a career for women.[2] She has founded the What Good Leadership Looks Like consultancy,[7] and appears as a speaker on awards panels.[4][8]

She was listed number 73 in the World Pride Power List 2014 and a "Workplace Hero" in the Pride Power List 2015.

References

  1. ↑ Aged 49 in Jan 2012 (Hopkins), aged 50 in June 2012 (Rayment), therefore born Jan-June 1962.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Nick Hopkins, "Meet Nicky Moffat, the highest ranked woman in the British army", The Guardian, 11 January 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sean Rayment, "Army’s most senior female officer quits amid cuts anger", The Telegraph, 30 June 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Nicky Moffat CBE, Leadership Consultant, Speaker & Coach", European Diversity Awards.
  5. ↑ "Who are the 100 Women 2014?" BBC News 26 October 2014
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Nicky Moffat", Linked In
  7. ↑ Katie Jacobs, "Leadership lessons from the British Army", HR 14 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Nicky Moffat CBE", Future Leaders Award: Main judging panel, Women in the City.
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