Suraya Marshall

Marshall was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 Birthday Honours.

In November 2019, Marshall was appointed Commandant of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell, the RAF's aircrew and officer training academy, holding the rank of air commodore. On 6 October 2021 she was promoted to air vice-marshal and appointed Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group: she is the first woman to command one of the RAF's two operational groups. She is the highest ranking BAME person in the British military.

She was educated at Queen Margaret's School, York, an independent school. She then studied law at University of Nottingham, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in 1994.

Marshall joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a navigator in 1994. She completed an MA from King's College London in 2000. She flew in the Tornado F3, and in 2000 became the first woman to pass the Qualified Weapons Instructor Course for the Tornado F3. She served as Officer Commanding of No. 92 Squadron RAF and No. 55 Squadron RAF. She was Director of Coalition Air Operations in the Middle East and Afghanistan during 2019.

Air Vice-Marshal Suraya Antonia Marshall, CBE (born 1973) is a senior Royal Air Force officer, serving as Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group RAF since October 2021.