Major-General Robert Malcolm Bowstead Nitsch CBE is a British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding Support Command.
Nitsch was commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1983.[1] He became Commander of 102nd Logistic Brigade[2] and went on to be head of logistics for UK forces in Afghanistan.[3]
In February 2011 he took part in the joint US-UK investigation into the unsuccessful operation to release Scottish aid worker Linda Norgrove.[4] He became Director of Army Manning in April 2012 and General Officer Commanding Support Command in August 2013.[5]
Already a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), Nitsch was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours.[6] In 2014, he was appointed as the Honorary Colonel of Southampton UOTC.[7]