Major General Robin Vincent Searby, CB (born 20 July 1947) is a retired British Army officer who commanded the 5th Division from 1996 to 1999.
[1] After service in Germany, Northern Ireland and Oman, he was appointed commanding officer of his regiment in 1987.
[3] In 2004 he was appointed Defence Co-ordinator with Libya under an agreement to advise and train members of the Libyan Army at Sandhurst.
[4] In 2010 he became the Prime Minister's adviser on counterterrorism for North Africa.
[5] In 1976 Searby married Caroline Angela Beamish; they have one son and two daughters.