Robert Hayman-Joyce
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Sir Robert John Hayman-Joyce, (born 16 October 1940) is a retired
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officer who served as
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from 1995 to 1998.


Military career

Hayman-Joyce was commissioned into the
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in 1963. He was appointed
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of the
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in 1980.Debrett's People of Today
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within
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in 1983 and Deputy Commandant of the
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in 1987. Hayman-Joyce was made Director of the UK Tank Programme in 1988 and Director-General Fighting Vehicles in 1989. He was promoted to Director
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in 1992 and Military Secretary in 1994, before becoming
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in 1995. He was appointed Deputy Chief of Defence Procurement in 1997. He retired in 1999. Hayman-Joyce was also
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of the
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from 1995 to 1999.


Retirement

In retirement Hayman-Joyce was a non-executive director of
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from 1999 to 2004 and has been non-executive chairman of
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Ltd since 2000. He was awarded an
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from
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in 1998.


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