Major-General Robert Malcolm Bowstead Nitsch CBE is a retired British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding Support Command.

Nitsch was commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1983.

[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.