Timothy Sulivan


Timothy John Sulivan CB CBE DL is a former British Army officer who commanded 4th Division.

Military career

Sulivan was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1966 and transferred into the Blues and Royals in 1980. He became commanding officer of the Blues and Royals in the late 1980s.
He served as the only non-US member of General Norman Schwarzkopf's strategic planning team during the Gulf War for which he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal in March 1991.
He went on to become Commander of 7th Armoured Brigade in 1991, Principal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff in 1993 and Director-General for Doctrine and Development in 1994. After that he became Chief of Staff for the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in Bosnia in 1996 and General Officer Commanding 4th Division in 1998 before he retired in 2001.
In retirement he has become Vice President for Customer Relations with General Dynamics Ltd.