Phil Prosser

Major General Phillip David Prosser CBE is a British Army officer and engineer, who currently serves as Director Joint Support, UK Strategic Command. He previously served in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and was commander of 101 Logistic Brigade based in Aldershot. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Prosser was head of the Army's Operation Iron Viper to help Britain's National Health Service administer vaccines against the coronavirus.

Early life and education Phillip Prosser is from Llanelli, Wales. He was educated at Bryngwyn Comprehensive School before attending Welbeck College in Nottinghamshire where he completed his A Levels. Prosser then attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst where he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1992. He later attended The Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham gaining a degree in mechanical engineering. He later completed an MBA from the Open University. He is a chartered mechanical engineer.

Career Major General Prosser was the former commander of the British Army's 101 Logistic Brigade. He was commissioned in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1992 and completed operational tours of Bosnia Kosovo War, Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2010-11 he attended the Advanced Command Staff Course for military officers tipped for senior leadership roles.

He helped to distribute PPE to hospitals during the first coronavirus lockdown in March 2020.

In 2021 he was appointed head of the Army's Operation Iron Viper to help Britain's NHS administer COVID-19 vaccines during the coronavirus pandemic in the UK.

Brigadier Prosser was promoted to Major General on 13 February 2023, as he took up the position as Director Joint Support at United Kingdom Strategic Command. He was appointed a Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers on 1 June 2025.

On 9 January 2026, it was announced that Major General Prosser would be promoted to Lieutenant General and take over the position of Chief of Defence Logistics from October 2026.