Tim Garden Biography

He retired from the RAF in 1996 and was then Director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House, London. He has been Visiting Professor at the Centre for Defence Studies at King's College, London since 2000. He has sat as a Liberal Democrat peer since June 2004. He is the front bench Defence spokesman, and is a member of the Select Committee on Regulators. He is Convenor of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Security and Non Proliferation.

He has written widely on security topics, and his publications include two books: Can Deterrence Last? and The Technology Trap. He broadcasts regularly on international affairs, and is a member of the Lib Dem defence and foreign affairs team. He is President of Liberal International British Group, and also of Camden Liberal Democrats.

He is an Honorary Fellow of St Catherine's College Oxford, a Fellow and former Council Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS), a Fellow of the City & Guilds of London Institute (FCGI) and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. He was appointed a Commissioner to the Commission on Globalisation in 2002, and was the Wells Professor at Indiana University for 2004. He is a Fellow (FRUSI) and Council member of the Royal United Services Insitute for Defence & Security Studies.

He is President of the Trading Standards Institute; the London & South East Region Air Training Corps; the RAF Oxford & Cambridge Society; and the Adastral Burns Club.

He was appointed a CB in 1992 and received his knighthood in 1994. He was appointed as a Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur by President Chirac in July 2003 for his work on Euopean defence issues. He was the 2004 Wells Professor at Indiana University.

His wife, Sue, is a consultant in vocational training. She is deputy chairman and a Trustee of the Oxford University Society, and President of its London Branch. She was the Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate for Finchley & Golders Green in May 2005. She is the Junior Warden of the World Traders Livery Company, and is Vice President of the Institute of Export.

The Lord Garden KCB

Liberal Democrat Defence Spokesman

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			Tim Garden read Physics at Oxford and International Relations at Cambridge. He was a pilot in the Royal Air Force for 32 years. His command posts included a V-bomber squadron and a helicopter station. He was the RAF Director of Defence Studies from 1982 to 1985. and became Assistant Chief of the Air Staff in 1991. He was subsequently responsible for forward planning for all three Services as Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Programmes) in the Ministry of Defence. His final military post was as the Air Marshal Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies.
		He retired from the RAF in 1996 and was then Director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House, London. He has been Visiting Professor at the Centre for Defence Studies at King's College, London since 2000. He has sat as a Liberal Democrat peer since June 2004. He is the front bench Defence spokesman, and is a member of the Select Committee on Regulators. He is Convenor of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Security and Non Proliferation. He has written widely on security topics, and his publications include two books: Can Deterrence Last? and The Technology Trap. He broadcasts regularly on international affairs, and is a member of the Lib Dem defence and foreign affairs team. He is President of Liberal International British Group, and also of Camden Liberal Democrats. He is an Honorary Fellow of St Catherine's College Oxford, a Fellow and former Council Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS), a Fellow of the City & Guilds of London Institute (FCGI) and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. He was appointed a Commissioner to the Commission on Globalisation in 2002, and was the Wells Professor at Indiana University for 2004. He is a Fellow (FRUSI) and Council member of the Royal United Services Insitute for Defence & Security Studies. He is President of the Trading Standards Institute; the London & South East Region Air Training Corps; the RAF Oxford & Cambridge Society; and the Adastral Burns Club. He was appointed a CB in 1992 and received his knighthood in 1994. He was appointed as a Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur by President Chirac in July 2003 for his work on Euopean defence issues. He was the 2004 Wells Professor at Indiana University. His wife, Sue, is a consultant in vocational training. She is deputy chairman and a Trustee of the Oxford University Society, and President of its London Branch. She was the Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate for Finchley & Golders Green in May 2005. She is the Junior Warden of the World Traders Livery Company, and is Vice President of the Institute of Export. A fuller biography is available with links to relevant organisations