Air Commodore Rick Peacock-Edwards has been elected as Master of The Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators, a Livery Company of the City of London.

Educated in South Africa, Rick Peacock-Edwards served for over 30 years in the RAF from which he retired as an Air Commodore in 1999.  He has over 5000 flying hours, flown mainly on fighter aircraft (Lightning, Hunter, F4 Phantom and Tornado F2/3).  He also has extensive experience in the flying training environment as a Qualified Flying Instructor, Instrument Rating Examiner and Pilot Navigation Instructor. He introduced the Tornado F2/3 to RAF Service and formed and commanded the first Tornado F2/3 Squadron.

A graduate of the RAF Staff College, he was Deputy Director Air Defence at the MOD from 1989-90 and from 1990-92 he commanded the front-line Tornado base at RAF Leeming. During this time he was involved in the lead up to the first Gulf War as the RAF Commander at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. From 1992-94 he was Deputy Commander of RAF Staff and Assistant Air Attache at the British Embassy in Washington.

On promotion to Air Commodore he was appointed Inspector of Flight Safety for the RAF and served in this appointment from 1994-97.  His final tour of duty was as Director of Eurofighter at the MOD.

In his post-RAF career he first joined General Dynamics UK as Director of Government Affairs and was later appointed Director Military Advisors. He left GD UK in 2003 to become a consultant and in this capacity he now consults for a number of aviation and aerospace associated companies. 

 He was awarded the Air Force Cross (AFC) in 1987 and appointed a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1993.  He joined the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators (GAPAN) in 1997 and is a Fellow of both the Royal Aeronautical Society and British Institute of Management.  He is a Trustee and Member of the Advisory Board for the United Kingdom Confidential Human Incident Reporting Programme (UK CHIRP) and sits on the Council of the Historic Aircraft Association (HAA). He is actively involved with the supervision of air displays and sits on the Flying Control Committees for the Farnborough International Air Show, the Royal International Air Tattoo Fairford, the Imperial War Museum Duxford and Biggin Hill Air Displays.

 He is married with 3 children.  Hobbies include golf, stamp collecting and painting.