John Stibbon

General Sir John James Stibbon KCB OBE (born 5 January 1935) is a former Master-General of the Ordnance.

Military career
Educated at Portsmouth Southern Grammar School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Stibbon was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1954.

He was appointed Commanding Officer of 28th Amphibious Engineer Regiment in 1975 and then made Assistant Military Secretary at the Ministry of Defence in 1977. In 1979 he was made Commander of 20th Armoured Brigade and in 1983 he became Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science.

He was promoted to Assistant Chief of Defence Staff in 1985 and to Master-General of the Ordnance in 1987; he retired in 1991.

He was also Chief Royal Engineer from 1993 to 1999 and Colonel Commandant of the Royal Army Pay Corps, of the Royal Pioneer Corps and the Royal Engineers.

Retirement
In retirement he was a Non-Executive Director of Chemring Group plc from 1993 to 2005 and Chairman of ITT Defence Ltd from 1993 to 2004. He was also an Honorary Vice-President of the Football Association from 1987 to 1993.