Mark Poffley

Major-General Mark William Poffley OBE (born 1960) is a senior British Army officer who will become Commander Force Development and Training in February 2014.

Military career
Poffley was commissioned into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in 1985. He served as Deputy Chief of Staff for 24 Airmobile Brigade and then as Staff Officer responsible for Plans and Doctrine in the Attack Helicopter Team. He became commanding officer of 13 Air Assault Support Regiment in 2001, Colonel Army Plans in 2003 and commander 102nd Logistic Brigade in 2005, seeing active service in Iraq in that capacity. He went on to be Personal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff in 2007, Chief of Staff Land Forces in March 2009 and Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Resources and Plans) in November 2011. He will become Commander Force Development and Training in February 2014.