Lisa Keetley

Major General Lisa Claire Keetley is a British Army officer who has served as Defence Services Secretary in the Royal Household since 2024.

Military career

Having attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Keetley was commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers on 16 December 1995.
Promoted to brigadier on 31 December 2019, she became Deputy Chief of Staff at the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps – Spain in 2019, Deputy Commanding General for Support at the Security Assistance Group in Ukraine in 2022 and Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff and the Defence Services Secretary in 2024.