Major General Roy Cecil Andersen (born 12 May 1948 in
Johannesburg
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) is a South African businessman and a retired Reserve
general officer
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in the
South African Army
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from the
artillery
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. He matriculated from
Northview High School and graduated from
Witwatersrand University.
Military career
He was commissioned into the Artillery in 1966 at
14 Field Regiment in
Bethlehem
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,
Orange Free State
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where he served under the then Officer Commanding- Cmdt
C.L. Viljoen. He commanded the
Transvaal Horse Artillery from 1976 to 1979
and participated in Operation Savannah both as regimental Commander and Air Observation Post Officer. He was thereafter appointed as Senior Staff Officer Artillery and subsequently Senior Staff Officer Operations of
7 South African Infantry Division. He was promoted to the rank of Major General in October 2003, as Chief Defence Reserves for the
South African National Defence Force
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.
Civilian career
He studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 1972 and as a Certified Public Accountant in 1975 in
Texas
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.
He served as Executive President of the
Johannesburg Stock Exchange
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from 1992 until 1997. he is a Director of
Nampak.
Honours and awards
Medals
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1948 births
Military personnel from Johannesburg
Businesspeople from Johannesburg
South African Army generals
South African military personnel of the Border War
University of the Witwatersrand alumni
Living people
20th-century South African businesspeople
21st-century South African businesspeople
South African people of British descent
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