Marten van der Veen


Marten van der Veen is a former Royal Air Force officer who served as Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell.

RAF career

Educated at King's College School and Magdalen College, Oxford, Van der Veen joined the Royal Air Force in 1963. He became Officer Commanding the Engineering Wing at RAF Brawdy in 1980, Engineering Inspector of Flight Safety at the Ministry of Defence in 1982 and Director of Defence Studies in 1985. He went on to be Station Commander at RAF Cosford in 1989, Director of Support Policy in 1991 and Station Commander at RAF St Athan in 1994. After that he became Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell in 1996 and Director-General of Support Management in 1997 before retiring in 1999.
In retirement Van der Veen became bursar of Balliol College, Oxford.