General (Ret’d) Sir Tim Radford KCB DSO OBE will join The Cohen Group as a Senior Counselor on April 10 after 40 years in the British Army, the firm announced today.
“We are thrilled that General Tim Radford is joining The Cohen Group. He is a leader whose career of stellar service was marked by outstanding courage, judgment, valor, and character,” said former Defense Secretary Bill Cohen, Chairman of The Cohen Group.
General Radford served as NATO’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR) from 2020 to 2023 during a complex and pivotal time for the Alliance and the world. In this role, he led the design and successful implementation of NATO’s new military concept for Deterrence and Defence of the Euro-Atlantic Area through the creation of a new military strategic plan, the redesign of the new NATO Force Model, and the revision of its military Command and Control.
General Radford commanded troops at all levels during his 40-year military career, including over 11 years on operations. Prior to his NATO role, he commanded more than 10,000 British, Danish, and Estonian Forces in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province in 2009. He went on to serve as the Chief of Staff of NATO’s Multinational Corps Headquarters in 2012–2013, and as the Deputy Coalition Commander in Kabul 2015–2016. In addition, he was Assistant Director United Kingdom Special Forces in London, the Head of Overseas Operations in the Ministry of Defense, and commanded a British Division comprising 40,000 soldiers in 13 separate Brigades. Throughout his career, whether in command or at staff, General Radford has continually led organizational and cultural change within the British Army, the UK Ministry of Defence, and at NATO.
In Toby Harnden’s book Dead Men Risen: The Welsh Guards and the Real Story of Britain’s War in Afghanistan, he described General Radford during his time as a Brigade commander as “a softly spoken, cerebral officer, with an understated manner honed during years of operations in Northern Ireland and Iraq…a listener rather than a talker. His thoughtful, considered approach, was underpinned by great compassion.”
General Radford will join a distinguished group of senior leaders at The Cohen Group who provide strategic guidance and assistance to the firm’s clients, including:
- General Joseph Ralston, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander and former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff;
- Ambassador Marc Grossman, former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, and former U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan and a Career Ambassador;
- General Jim Mattis, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, former Commander of U.S. Central Command and U.S. Joint Forces Command, and former Supreme Allied Commander Transformation;
- General Paul Kern, former Commander of the Army Materiel Command and former Senior Advisor for Army Research, Development, and Acquisition;
- Lord George Robertson, former NATO Secretary General and former Defense Minister of the United Kingdom;
- Ambassador Arun Singh, former Indian Ambassador to the United States, France, and Israel;
- Air Chief Marshall Sir Angus Houston, former Chief of the Australian Defense Forces and former Chief of the Australian Air Force;
- Ambassador Jeff Davidow, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Venezuela, and Zambia and a Career Ambassador;
- Ambassador Mike McKinley, former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State, former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, Afghanistan, Colombia, and Peru and a Career Ambassador;
- General Mike Scaparrotti, former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, and Commander of U.S. European Command, and former Commander of U.S. Forces Korea UNC, CFC;
- Lieutenant General Harry Raduege, former Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency and former Manager of the National Communications System;
- Lieutenant General Edward Cardon, former director of the U.S. Army of Business Transformation and former Head of the Army Cyber Command;
- Lieutenant General Charles Hooper, former Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, former U.S. Defense Attaché to China, and former Director of Strategy, Plans, and Programs at U.S. Africa Command;
- Major General Kim Crider, former Chief Technology and Innovation Officer for the United States Space Force and former Chief Data Officer for the United States Air Force;
- Ellen Embrey, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Health Protection and Readiness; and
- Dave Rank, former Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.
Formed in 2001, The Cohen Group is comprised of more than 80 professionals with many decades of combined experience working in top-level positions in Congress, the White House, the State Department, the Defense Department, the Department of Homeland Security, the intelligence community, and other federal agencies and in European and Asian governments, international organizations, and the private sector.
With offices in Washington, London, Beijing, Tianjin, New Delhi, and Brisbane, The Cohen Group provides its private business clients the insights needed to better understand and shape the business, political, legal, regulatory, and media environments in which they operate. This includes both developing strategic business plans to help clients achieve their objectives and actively participating with clients in the execution of those plans.
The Cohen Group also has a strong strategic partnership with DLA Piper, a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.