Matthew Sykes

Major General (Richard) Matthew (McQueen) Sykes CVO (born 1955) is a former British Army officer who served as Defence Services Secretary from 2007 to 2010. In retirement he became Chief Executive of Elizabeth Finn Care, a British poverty relief charity.

Military career
Sykes was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1975. He became Commanding Officer of 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery in 1994. He went on to be Strategic Policy Chief at NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in 1997, Chief Co-ordinator of Joint Firepower at Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in 2000 and Director of Corporate Communications for the Army at the Ministry of Defence in 2002. After that he became Director Royal Artillery in 2005 and then Defence Services Secretary in 2007 as well as Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel) from 2009 before retiring in 2010.

In retirement he became Chief Executive of Elizabeth Finn Care, a British poverty relief charity.