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Brigadier Matthew Weston

Brigadier Matthew Weston

Land Component Commander

Land Component Commander (LCC) advises Commander Joint Forces New Zealand on the use of land forces and commands the land forces. This includes sending soldiers to overseas operations.

A Commanding Career

Brigadier Matthew Weston enlisted into the New Zealand Army in January 1993, graduating into the Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery in December of that year.

Brigadier Weston fulfilled a range of regimental and command positions in 16th Field Regiment culminating as Commanding Officer in 2012 - 2013. He then went on to command 1 (NZ) Brigade during 2018 - 2020.

Brigadier Weston has held training appointments within the Officer Cadet School of New Zealand, Tactical School, and as Commandant of the Land Operations Training Centre.

Key staff appointments include S3 2nd Land Force Group, SO1 Global Plans Headquarters Joint Forces NZ, ISR and Land Lead—Defence White Paper 2015, and Director Human Resources (Operations) Headquarters New Zealand Defence Force.

Brigadier Weston’s operational service includes Timor Leste with NZBATT6 and Afghanistan with HQ ISAF.

Brigadier Weston was promoted to Brigadier and posted into the role of Deputy Chief of Army in June 2020, he was then posted to the role of Chief People Officer in December 2021.

Education and Achievements

He graduated through the Australian Command and Staff College and also the United Kingdom's Higher Command and Staff Course.

He has completed a Bachelor of Science and a Masters in Public Management.