Colonel Lucy Giles is an officer of the British Army's Royal Logistic Corps and the first female College Commander at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst^[1][2][3][4] commanding New College where Officer Cadets spend the second and third terms of the 44-week, 3-term Commissioning Course.

Giles has been in the British Army for 25 years and has served on operations in Sierra Leone, East Timor, Bosnia, Iraq, Northern Ireland and Afghanistan.^[5] Giles currently serves as the President of the Army Officer Selection Board.^[6][7]

Giles completed her GCSEs at King Arthur's School, Wincanton and her A levels at Sexey's School, Bruton. She then studied Biology at the University of Exeter where she joined the Officers' Training Corps.^[8]