David Neal

David Nealis the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration. He was appointed by the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, in succession to David Bolt who left the post in March 2021.

Military career

David Neal graduated from Bangor University with a BA in English Literature in 1993. He attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on Commissioning Course 933 and was commissioned into the Royal Military Police on 20 September 1994.

After service on exercise and operations across the world, on 22 July 2016, he was appointed by The Queen as the Provost Marshal (Army) and Commander of 1 Military Police Brigade in the rank of Brigadier.

He accepted the Freedom of the City of Salisbury on behalf of the Royal Military Police on 14 June 2018. This freedom was exercised by the Royal Military Police at Armed Forces Day on 29 June 2019.