Philip Osborn

Air Marshal Philip Colin Osborn, is a senior Royal Air Force officer who has served as Chief of Defence Intelligence since January 2015.

RAF career
Osborn joined to Royal Air Force in 1982. After training as a Tornado navigator, he became commanding officer of No. 13 Squadron and then Station Commander at RAF Marham. He went on to be Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group in October 2010, Chief of Staff Operations and Support at RAF Air Command in 2012 and Director Capability at Joint Forces Command in 2013. He became Chief of Defence Intelligence in January 2015.

Osborn was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2009 New Year Honours.