Ross Paterson (RAF officer)

After working in the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, Paterson became Head of Strategy and Personnel Policy for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in May 2009,^[1] Chief Executive of the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency in October 2011,^[2] and Chief Executive of the Scottish Public Pensions Agency in May 2015.^[3]

On 31 July 1983, Paterson was commissioned in the Administrative Branch of the Royal Air Force as a flying officer and was granted seniority in that rank from 31 January 1982.^[4] He was promoted to flight lieutenant on 31 January 1986.^[5] By June 2001, he had been promoted to the rank of group captain.^[6]

He became Air Officer Scotland in January 2015.^[7] He was succeeded in that role by Air Commodore Bill Gibson in January 2024.^[8]

In the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours, Paterson was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).^[6]

Paterson was awarded the St Andrews University Medal during a graduation ceremony in June 2024.^[9]