Marc Wicks

Regimental Sergeant Major Marc Wicks, is a former Corps Regimental Sergeant Major of the Royal Marines who went on to serve as Senior Enlisted Advisor to NATO's Allied Command Transformation.

Military career Wicks was born in Devon and educated at Audley Park Secondary Modern School in Torquay. He joined the Royal Marines in March 1983. He served with 42 Commando in Plymouth. He also served in Norway and qualified as a military ski instructor. In 1984 he deployed to Northern Ireland on Operation Banner, and in 1988 he volunteered to return to Northern Ireland for Operation Internet.

Wicks was then selected to serve as the Corps Regimental Sergeant Major until June 2011, when he assumed his position at NATO. Wicks took over the role as Allied Command Transformation senior enlisted leader from Command Sergeant Major Ludek Kolesa, from the Czech Republic who held the post from 2007 to 2011,