Chris Elliot

For the actor and comedian, see Chris Elliott. For other people with the name, see Christopher Elliott (disambiguation).

Air Vice Marshal Christina Reid Elliot, CB, CBE, DL is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer.

Christina Elliot
Elliot in 2018
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1985–2020
Rank	Air Vice Marshal
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Military career

Educated at the University of Glasgow, Elliot joined the Royal Air Force in 1985.^[1] She became a member of the Directing Staff at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in 2006, Group Captain Airspace Control Capability at RAF Air Command in 2007 and station commander at RAF Halton in 2010.^[1] She went on to be Group Captain Programmes in Finance, Programmes and Plans at RAF Air Command in 2012.^[1]

Elliot was promoted to air commodore on 30 August 2013 and appointed assistant chief of staff training, HQ No. 22 (Training) Group.^[2] She was director of ground training at No. 22 Group from 2014,^[3] and appointed Air Secretary in 2016.^[4] She was succeeded by Air Vice-Marshal Maria Byford on 24 February 2020.^[5]

Elliot was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2020 Birthday Honours.^[6]

Later life

Since April 2020, having retiring from the Royal Air Force, Elliot has worked as Controller of the RAF Benevolent Fund.^[7][8]

References

1. "Air Vice Marshal Chris (Christina) Elliot CBE MA BSc RAF". Royal Air Force. Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
2. "No. 60643". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 October 2013. p. 19286.
3. "Young women hear of how to fly high in RAF". Sleaford Standard. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
4. "Senior RAF Appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 4 November 2016.
5. "Senior Appointments 10 February 2020". raf.mod.uk. Royal Air Force. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020. Air Commodore M Byford QHDS to be promoted Air Vice-Marshal and to be Chief of Staff Personnel and Air Secretary, Headquarters Air Command with effect from 24 February 2020 in succession to Air Vice-Marshal C R Elliot CBE who is retiring from the Service.
6. "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B3.
7. "AVM Chris Elliot receives Queen's birthday honour". RAF Benevolent Fund. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
8. "RAF Benevolent Fund appoints new Controller". RAF Benevolent Fund. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.

Military offices
Preceded by David Stubbs	Air Secretary 2016–2020	Succeeded by Maria Byford