Sir Robert joined the Royal Marines in 1972. From 1992-1994 he commanded 42 Commando and in 1997-1998 he commanded 3 Commando Brigade.  In 1998 he became Commandant General Royal Marines until 2001.

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He left the Armed Forces in 2006 with the rank of Lieutenant General as the Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff for Equipment Capability and was appointed to be the 63rd Governor of Gibraltar until 2009 where he was Britain’s first Governor to witness change in the Gibraltar constitution since 1967.

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Since 2010 Sir Robert has been the Chief Executive of the Global Leadership Foundation. He is also the Chairman of the Governors of the Haberdashers’ Aske’s Schools at Elstree; the President of the Combined Cadet Force Association; President of the Governors of the Corps of Commissionaires and Vice President of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity.

Originally from Monte Cassino in Italy Jan has lived in the UK since the age of 3 and grew up in Enfield, North London. Jan began her career in nursing, training at the central Middlesex Hospital and then worked in a variety of London hospitals predominately in orthopaedics, trauma and high dependency surgery. Jan then specialised in infectious diseases before retraining as a biomedical scientist in microbiology and undertaking a PhD. Jan now works in higher education and is a principal lecturer / visiting fellow at Universities in both Hertfordshire and London where she is responsible for post graduate medical courses in Public Health. Jan continues to also work clinically leading immunisation teams for Health Protection England across the East of England region.
 
Jan’s links to the military began several years ago when she ran courses in communicable disease control for military healthcare personnel. As a native Italian speaker Jan also provides language translation services for battlefield guides undertaking tours to Italy & Sicily.  

Jan is a Freeman of the City of London and has been a member of the RMA City of London branch since 2022 and became the branch secretary in 2024

Tom joined the Royal Marines Reserve in Merseyside in 2007. After completing training, he worked in recruitment and training at the Royal Navy Regional Headquarters, HMS Eaglet. In 2009, he mobilised with 40 Commando for Operation HERRICK 12, serving in Afghanistan as a General Duties Rifleman, Combat Team Medic, and with the Fire Support Group on Jackals, conducting MOG tasks.

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After leaving the Corps, Tom entered the private security sector, qualifying as a Close Protection and Maritime Security Officer. He led anti-piracy teams off the coasts of East and West Africa. He later joined British Military Fitness as Park Manager for Hyde Park before founding his own business focused on wellness, team building, and leadership development.

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Tom joined the Royal Marines Association City of London in 2024, to maintain his connection with the Corps, to help grow the branch and connect with the next generation of members. Tom’s unlikely claim to fame is that he appears on the Royal Marines 350th Anniversary edition of Monopoly.

Graeme was born in 1962, he knew from the age of 8 he would be a Royal Marine. He joined 255 Troop and passed out from CTCRM in April 1980.  Having moved on to join 40CDORM, in Plymouth, Seaton Barracks.  Where he served in the Falklands conflict and Northern Ireland, he then went to Comacchio Company, CTCRM, Commando Helicopter Operations Support Cell (CHOSC) and finally 3 Brigade Air Squadron both at RNAS Yeovilton, after which he left the Corps in February 1992.

On leaving the Corps Graeme took up a second career in Facilities Management within the City of London.

In September of 2019 Graeme become Chairman of The RMA City of London, taking over the reins from Jim Ellard MBE after over 30 very successful years. Whilst he knew it was a hard act to follow, he took on the challenge being confident and encouraged that the continued success of this vibrant branch is fundamentally down to our its dedicated members and professional committee.

Stephen has a long association with the Royal Marines. His grandfather and father served as Royals in both world wars. His grandfather William served with the 4th Battalion RMLI and took part in the suicide, St George’s Day Raid on Zeebrugge in 1918 and was awarded the DSM for his part in the action. His father Bernard served with the Corps from 1938 to 1954 and saw action while serving on board HMS Warspite (Battle of Crete and Salerno) and on board HMS London on St George's Day in 1949 (Yangtze Incident). His father was awarded his "green lid" in 1944.

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Having returned from overseas Stephen joined the branch in 2012 and took over the role of Branch Treasurer in the same year. Following an independent, wholesale review and overhaul of the branch’s membership function he took over the role of Branch Membership Secretary in 2016, and has performed both roles since this time.

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Stephen has spent his career in the financial services industry and is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Plaisterers and also a Freeman of the City of London.