Robert Nitsch

Major-General Robert Malcolm Bowstead Nitsch MBE is a British Army officer who becomes General Officer Commanding Support Command in August 2013.

Military career
Nitsch was commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1983. He became Commander of 102nd Logistic Brigade and went on to be head of logistics for UK forces in Afghanistan. In February 2011 he took part in the joint US-UK investigation into the unsuccessful operation to release Scottish aid worker Linda Norgrove. He became Director of Army Manning in April 2012 and became General Officer Commanding Support Command in August 2013.