Meet the judges: Jude Terry 

Jude Terry OBE, Rear Admiral, Royal Navy. Director People & Training and Naval Secretary.

Jude Terry joined the Royal Navy in 1997 after graduating from Dundee University with a BSc (Hons) in Anatomical Sciences. Her First Stage Career included various staff and operational roles, such as deployments to the Indian Ocean, Arabian Gulf, Caribbean, and Far East aboard HMS Scott and HMS Ocean and planning the drawdown in Afghanistan in 2012. Once she transitioned to her Second Stage Career, she completed Advanced Command and Staff Course 15 and earned an MA in Defence Studies. Returning to Permanent Joint Headquarters, Jude served as Military Assistant to two Chief of Joint Operations from 2014 - 2016 where she saw the start and finish of Op GRITROCK (Ebola in Sierra Leone) and a variety of global deployments (including Mali and
Nigeria). A further appointment in HMS Ocean followed, as Commander Logistics, deploying on BALTOPS and CTF50 in the Arabian Gulf, after which she became the Logistics Branch Manager at NCHQ, handling recruitment, retention, training, and personnel management.

Promoted to Captain in 2018, she joined Standing Joint Force HQ deploying to Saif Sareea 3 and Exercise AUSTERE Challenge before becoming an alumni of Higher Command and Staff Course. In
2020, she served in the Royal Navy CV19 cell and Finance and Military Capability (FMC) as Assistant Head Joint Plans. She played a significant role in managing the Strategic Command Portfolio through the Integrated Review, Spending Review, and budgetary cycles.

In December 2020, Jude was promoted to Commodore and served as Deputy Director People Delivery in NCHQ. In January 2022, she became the Director People and Training and Naval Secretary. Aside from her naval career, she is a trustee of the Medusa Trust, an Honorary Freeman
of the Company of HR Professionals and an Ambassador for Girl Guiding South West. Jude enjoys Jersey's beaches, cliffs, and outdoor activities, along with travel, reading, live music, running (plodding), and spending time with loved ones.