Christopher Gardner (Royal Navy officer)

Vice Admiral Christopher Reginald Summers Gardner CBE (born 10 October 1962) is a senior Royal Navy officer.

Christopher Gardner
Rear Admiral Gardner in 2016
Born (1962-10-10) 10 October 1962
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
RankVice Admiral
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire

Gardner joined the Royal Navy as a logistics officer in 1984. He went on to serve on submarines and ships including HMS Tireless (S88), HMS Sirius (F40), and HMS Endurance (A171).[1]

Gardner became Head of Capability Improvement at the Ministry of Defence in 2010, Assistant Chief of Staff (Ships) in 2014 and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Ships) in 2015.[2] He was promoted to the rank of vice admiral and become Chief of Materiel (Ships) at Defence Equipment and Support in April 2019.[3][4] Gardner's appointment has re-titled as 'Director General Ships'.[5]

Family

In 1993, he married Teresa Heather Edgecombe; they have one son and one daughter.[6]

References
  1. "Gardner, Rear Adm. Christopher Reginald Summers, (born 10 Oct. 1962), Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Ships) and Chief Naval Logistics Officer, since 2015". Who's Who 2020. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2019. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U286710.
  2. "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  3. "Royal Navy Appoints New Senior Officers". Forces Network. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  4. "No. 62610". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 April 2019. p. 6430.
  5. "DE&S Organisation Chart 2020" (PDF). assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. DE&S. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  6. "Gardner, Christopher Reginald Summers". Who's Who 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
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