Nicky Moffat

Brigadier Nicola Patricia Moffat,  (born 1962), known as Nicky Moffat, was the highest-ranking woman in the British Army from 2009 until her resignation in 2012. She is now a leadership consultant and speaker. She was selected as one of the BBC's 100 Women in 2014, cited as "Highest Ranked woman in British Armed Forces". She was appointed CBE in the 2012 New Year Honours, described as "Brig Nicola Patricia Moffat, Late Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)".

Life
Moffat graduated in 1985 with a B.A. in Hispanic Studies from the University of Liverpool, though has said that she "almost got booted out" for neglecting her studies in favour of the Officers' Training Corps' activities. In 1995 she gained an MA in Military Studies, Defence from Cranfield University.

She joined the then Women's Royal Army Corps after university, and stayed in the army 26 years, including a spell as military private secretary to Geoff Hoon while he was Minister of Defence. Her final posting before resigning was as Armed Forces head of pay and strategic manning at the Ministry of Defence. Her resignation caused some surprise, as six months earlier she had given an interview enthusing about the army as a career for women. She has founded the What Good Leadership Looks Like consultancy, and appears as a speaker on awards panels.