Neil Morisetti

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Promoted to Rear Admiral in November 2005 he was appointed Commander UK Maritime Force, the Royal Navy’s standing Maritime Component Commander, a position he held until July 2007. During this period he spent much of his time in the Middle East and acted as the NATO High Readiness Force Maritime Commander. From September 2007 until August 2009 he was Commandant of the Joint Services Command and Staff College, responsible for providing post graduate education to officers of 60 nations. In September 2009 he assumed the new, cross government, post of Climate and Energy Security Envoy for the Ministry of Defence, and Foreign and Commonwealth Office.<br /> <br /> A Freeman of the City of London, Admiral Morisetti lives in Dorset with his wife, Jennifer, and two children (Charlotte and Hugo). When they allow him, his interests include watching rugby (too old and too broken to play nowadays) as President of Royal Navy Rugby, literature, good food and wine, whilst hindering his wife in the running of their farm.