Rear-Admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star " admiral" rank. It is often regar ...

Michael Anthony William Bath (born 1966) is a retired senior

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officer who served as

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Education

He was educated at

King Edward VI Five Ways School King Edward VI Five Ways (KEFW) is a highly selective co-educational state grammar school for ages 11–18 in Bartley Green, Birmingham, England. One of the seven establishments of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI, it is a volun ...

, the

University of Leicester , mottoeng = So that they may have life , established = , type = public research university , endowment = £20.0 million , budget = £326 million , chancellor = David Willetts , vice_chancellor = Nishan Canagarajah , head_la ...

(BSc, 1987) and King's College London (MA Defence Studies).

Naval career

Bath became Assistant Chief of Staff at

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in October 2009, head of strategy and programmes for the new employment model in April 2012 and Director of Naval Personnel Strategy and Assistant Chief of Staff (People Capability) in January 2015. He went on to be

, Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Personnel) and Flag Officer, Reserves in June 2018. Bath retired from the Royal Navy and is now Executive Director of People and Organisational Development at Marie Curie UK. Bath retired from the Royal Navy on 1 May 2020.

References

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