Brigadier Edward Adam Butler CBE, DSO (born 27 February 1962) is a former British Army officer who commanded Task Force Helmand.

[2] In August 1984, Butler was commissioned into the Royal Green Jackets.

[9] He went on to be Chief, Joint Force Operations at Permanent Joint Headquarters in December 2006 before retiring in December 2008, citing family reasons.

[10] After leaving the British Army he became Chief Executive of Corporates for Crisis, a business providing advice for companies operating in difficult places,[11] and then chairman of and latterly adviser to S-RM, an intelligence and risk consulting business.

[12] In July 2019 he was interviewed for a BBC Radio Four 'Analysis' programme; it stated he was Head of Risk Analysis (Chief Resilience Officer) at Pool Re.