A former infantry officer, Charles Heyman served in the British Army between 1963 and 1986, with tours of active service in Borneo, Cyprus, Malaysia and Northern Ireland.

Between active service tours he served as a Regimental Officer (commanding a Combat Team in Germany) and as a General Staff Officer in the Headquarters of the 1st British Corps. Before leaving the British Army in 1986 he spent two years as a lecturer in Defence Studies at the Royal Air Force College (Cranwell).

SPECIALIST IN THREAT AND GENERAL MILITARY ANALYSIS

Since leaving the British Army, Charles Heyman has been specialising in threat and general military analysis. Initially working as a consultant for various NATO Defence Ministries, by the early 1990s he was leading research teams for Jane's Information Group. From 1995 until 2003 he was the editor of 'Jane's World Armies' and from 1994 to 2000 the editor of Jane's Police and Security Handbook.

He has extensive experience in the Balkans, and during the recent campaign in Iraq he was a regular contributor to the BBC World Service, National Public Radio in the USA and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. In addition, prior to the war, he briefed a number of government agencies in both Europe and the Far East on the likely short and longer term war outcomes.

During the past five years he has written articles for a variety of newspapers that include The Times, The Scotsman, Sunday Express and the Sydney Morning Herald. In mid-2003 he assumed the appointment as a Senior Defence Analyst for Jane's Strategic Advisory Services. He remains the author of the annual 'Armed Forces of the United Kingdom' and 'The British Army Guide' published by Pen & Sword.

During his military service and subsequent civilian career Charles Heyman has cultivated a wide range of contacts in all of the areas of defence activity. He is a member of International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).

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