Paul Jaques

Lieutenant General Paul William Jaques, is a senior British Army officer, who served as Chief of Materiel (Land) and Quartermaster-General to the Forces.

Military career Jaques was commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) on 6 August 1983. He became commander of the 101st Logistic Brigade in December 2005, and saw action in that role in the Iraq War. He went on to be Head of Capability and Expeditionary Logistics in April 2008, Head of Equipment Planning to the Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Capability) in July 2011, and Director Land Equipment at Defence Equipment and Support in December 2013.

Jaques was promoted to lieutenant general on 8 March 2016, and made Chief of Materiel (Land) and Quartermaster-General to the Forces that same year. Jaques retired from the Regular Army on 7 December 2019.

Jaques was Master General REME from April 2017 to March 2023.