Marc Overton
Marc Overton | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Army |
| Service years | 1989–present |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Reserves and Cadets) |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Territorial Decoration Volunteer Reserves Service Medal |
Major General Marc Anthony John McHardy Overton, CB, TD, VR is a British information technology manager and senior Army Reserve officer.
Military career
[edit | edit source]Overton joined 35th (South Midlands) Signal Regiment as a private soldier in 1987[1] and was commissioned into the London Regiment on 6 October 1989.[2] Following a tour as Head of Reserves Strategy in Army Headquarters,[3] he was appointed Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Reserves and Cadets) in June 2022.[4]
Overton was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2025 New Year Honours.[5]
Civilian career
[edit | edit source]After working in several roles at Cisco Jasper, Overton became Chief Solutions Officer and Senior Vice President for EMEA and APAC at Sierra Wireless in 2017,[6] managing director of BT Group's "Division X", part of its Enterprise business, in 2022,[7] Euronorth managing director at Dassault Systèmes in 2023[8] and Managing Director at Roke Manor Research in 2025.[9] He held the position of a non-executive director for Defence Equipment and Support from 2023 to 2025.[1]
References
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