Anthony Pigott
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Lieutenant-General Sir Anthony David Pigott KCB
Order of the Bath
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, CBE
Order of the British Empire
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 (born 1944) is a former British Army
British Army
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 officer. He presently serves as Independent Member of Steering Board at the Intellectual Property Office
Intellectual Property Office
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Biography

Pigott was commissioned into the Royal Engineers
Royal Engineers
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 in 1965. He was appointed Chief of Staff at the Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in 1992, Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley
Staff College, Camberley
Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, was a staff college for the British Army from 1802 to 1997, with periods of closure during major wars. In 1997 it was merged into the new Joint Services Command and Staff College.-Origins:...

 in 1994 and Director-General, Doctrine and Development in 1997. From 2000 he served as Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff for operations, planning and executing the invasion of Afghanistan
Afghanistan
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. He retired in 2003.

After retiring from the Armed Forces, Pigott took a position of Independent Member of Steering Board at the Intellectual Property Office
Intellectual Property Office
There are several organizations and public offices named Intellectual Property Office or Office for Intellectual Property, including:* Barbados Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property Office * Benelux Office for Intellectual Property...

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On 4 December 2009, Pigott gave evidence to The Iraq Inquiry.

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