Two of NATO’s Most Senior Commanders Join Our Advisory Board

We’re proud to announce that General Wesley K. Clark (Ret.) and General Sir Richard Shirreff (Ret.) have joined the Seeing Systems Advisory Board. Between them, they have held the two most senior operational commands in NATO — and we couldn’t be more honoured to have them with us.

General Wesley K. Clark

General Clark graduated first in his class at West Point and went to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar before commanding an infantry company in Vietnam, where he was shot four times and awarded the Silver Star for gallantry. Over a 34-year career he rose to four-star general and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) — the alliance’s top military post — where he commanded Operation Allied Force, NATO’s first major combat operation. He was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest civilian honour, and has spent the years since advising governments and companies on security and strategy worldwide.

General Sir Richard Shirreff

General Shirreff served 37 years in the British Army, from a tank squadron leader in the first Gulf War to a divisional commander in Iraq, with operational service across Kosovo, Bosnia and Northern Ireland. He commanded NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps before becoming NATO’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR) — the most senior post in the alliance open to a European. In 2016 he authored 2017: War with Russia, a stark warning about Russian aggression that read very differently a few years later. He remains one of Europe’s most clear-eyed voices on the threat, and now chairs an international expert council supporting Ukraine’s armed forces.

Why this matters for Seeing Systems

At Seeing Systems, we build autonomous drones for the most contested combat environments on Earth — environments defined by electronic warfare, jamming, and an unforgiving pace of adaptation, where the side that learns fastest wins.

That is exactly the terrain General Clark and General Shirreff have spent their careers operating in. Both understand, from the very top of allied command, that hard-won lessons from today’s frontlines have to be absorbed quickly and applied intelligently — in the right places, fielding systems that are genuinely effective in the hands of the people who depend on them. Their strategic judgement, allied-operations experience, and instinct for what actually works under pressure will be invaluable as we scale.

We’re honoured to welcome them both aboard.