Major General (Retd) Ben Kite OBE

Ben Kite was commissioned into the British Army’s Intelligence Corps in 1990, retiring in 2022 as a Major General. During his thirty-two year career he worked on intelligence, Security and Cyber issues both in the UK as well on deployments to Germany, the United States, Belize, Bosnia, Kosovo, South Africa, Iraq and Afghanistan. His last role was as Director Intelligence Interoperability in Defence Intelligence where he led the creation and implementation of Defence’s first Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance strategy and managed International Intelligence engagement, as well as interoperability with the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and Army.

Ben is currently working as a senior Defence, Intelligence and Security adviser for Kearney and primarily employed in the Middle East. He studies military history in his spare time and has published three books on the Second World War, as well as being elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is also an honorary Professor at Brunel University, supporting their post-graduate Intelligence and Security Studies programme.