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Christopher John Anthony Hammerbeck, CB,

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(born 14 March 1943), late the

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, is a former British military officer and businessman, who works as a senior advisor at International Risk Ltd. He is currently the president the Hong Kong & China Branch of

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. Born on 14 March 1943, Hammerbeck was educated at Mayfield College in

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before becoming an

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with a large firm of

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solicitors in 1961, where he remained until 1964. He joined the military around 1965, serving in

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, where he was awarded the General Officer Commanding's Certificate for Gallant Conduct. He was later in command of the 4th Armoured Brigade during the 1990-1991

Gulf War , combatant2 = , commander1 = , commander2 = , strength1 = Over 950,000 soldiers3,113 tanks1,800 aircraft2,200 artillery systems , page = https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-PEMD-96- ...

in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait, for which he was made a

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(C.B.) in 1991. He was named Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of British Forces Overseas Hong Kong. In Hong Kong he was the executive director of the

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. Hammerbeck was appointed

in the 2007 New Years Honours List for services to British business interests in Hong Kong.

References

External links

Debrett's profile

''London Gazette'' - notice of CBE appointment
1943 births Living people 20th-century British businesspeople British expatriates in Hong Kong British Army personnel of the Gulf War Royal Tank Regiment officers Companions of the Order of the Bath Commanders of the Order of the British Empire British military personnel of The Troubles (Northern Ireland) {{UK-business-bio-1940s-stub