# List of serving senior officers of the Royal Navy

This is a list of serving senior officers of the Royal Navy. It includes currently serving admirals, vice-admirals, rear-admirals, and commodores.

## Admirals

| Name | Appointment | Former branch | Honours | Date of promotion |
| Sir Antony David Radakin | Chief of the Defence Staff | Warfare | KCB, ADC | 19 June 2019 |
| Sir Benjamin John Key | First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff | Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | KCB, CBE, ADC | 8 November 2021 |
| Sir Keith Edward Blount | Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe | Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | KCB, OBE | 17 July 2023 |

## Vice-Admirals

| Name | Appointment | Former branch | Honours | Date of promotion |
| Sir Christopher Reginald Summers Gardner | Chief Executive Officer, Submarine Delivery Agency | Logistics | KBE | 9 April 2019 |
| Andrew Paul Burns | Fleet Commander | Warfare | CB, OBE | 24 September 2021 |
| Sir Martin John Connell | Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff | Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | KCB, CBE | 12 January 2022 |
| Philip John Hally | Chief of Defence People | Logistics | CB, MBE | 12 December 2022 |
| Michael Keith Utley | Commander, Allied Maritime Command | Warfare | CB, OBE | 13 January 2023 |
| Paul Marshall | Director-General (Ships), Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | CB, CBE | 21 April 2023 |
| Andrew Jeffery Kyte | Chief of Defence Logistics and Support | Logistics | CB | 18 September 2023 |
| Edward Ahlgren | Senior Advisor for Middle Eastern Affairs, Ministry of Defence | Warfare | OBE | 1 May 2024 |
| Simon Phillip Asquith | Chief of Staff, Allied Command Transformation | Warfare | CB, OBE | 8 July 2024 |
| James David Morley | Deputy Commander, Joint Force Command Norfolk | Warfare | CB | 14 October 2024 |

## Rear-Admirals

| Name | Appointment | Former branch | Honours | Date of promotion |
| Richard A. Murrison | Senior Military Mentor, Royal College of Defence Studies | Logistics | | 11 July 2021 |
| Paul Christopher Carroll | Director of Submarine Acquisition, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | OBE | 2 August 2021 |
| James Miles Benjamin Parkin | Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Capability) Controller of the Navy Director of Development, Navy Command | Warfare | CBE | 16 August 2021 |
| Timothy M. Henry | | Warfare | OBE | 18 October 2021 |
| Thomas Edward Manson | Deputy Director General, Defence Safety Authority Director (Technical), Military Aviation Authority | Engineering | CB, OBE | 1 November 2021 |
| Stephen M. R. Moorhouse | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations and Commitments) | Warfare | CBE | 10 January 2022 |
| Judith Helen Terry | Director of People and Training, Navy Command Naval Secretary | Logistics | CB, OBE | 12 January 2022 |
| Nicholas J. Wheeler | Director, NATO Digital Staff | Warfare | | 11 July 2022 |
| Steven Dainton | Senior Directing Staff, Royal College of Defence Studies | Warfare | CBE | 18 July 2022 |
| Robert George Pedre | Commander United Kingdom Strike Force | Warfare | | 26 September 2022 |
| Anthony Kingsmill Rimington | Director of Force Generation, Navy Command Director of Naval Aviation, Navy Command | Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | | 1 November 2022 |
| Jeremy J. Bailey | Director of Submarine Support, Submarine Delivery Agency | Engineering | | 28 February 2023 |
| Timothy Christopher Woods | UK Defence Attaché to the USA Head of the British Defence Staff, United States | Engineering | CBE | 16 January 2023 |
| Robert A. Lauchlan | Chief Strategic Systems Executive, Ministry of Defence | Engineering | | 8 March 2023 |
| Christopher E. Shepherd | Director of AUKUS, Defence Nuclear Organisation | Engineering | | 3 April 2023 |
| Ivan R. Finn | Director of Navy Acquisition, Navy Command | Engineering | | 9 May 2023 |
| Angus N. P. Essenhigh | National Hydrographer, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office | Warfare | OBE | 27 June 2023 |
| Steven J. McCarthy | Director of Operations (Ships), Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | | 12 October 2023 |
| Paul A. Murphy | Director of Defence Support Major Programmes, Strategic Command Chief Naval Logistics Officer | Logistics | | 23 October 2023 |
| Craig Wood | Deputy Commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO | Warfare | CBE | 9 April 2024 |
| Andrew B. Perks | Director of Submarines, Navy Command | Engineering | MBE | 22 April 2024 |
| Paul A. Stroude | Director of Capability, Strategic Command | Warfare | | 10 June 2024 |
| Fiona R. Shepherd | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Support Operations) | Logistics | MBE | 1 October 2024 |

### Surgeon Rear-Admiral

| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
| Fleur T. Marshall | | Director of Medical Personnel and Training, Defence Medical Services | Medical | | 21 March 2023 | |

## Commodores

| Name | Appointment | Former branch | Honours | Date of promotion |
| Martin E. Quinn | Head of Reserve Forces 2030, Ministry of Defence | Royal Naval Reserve | | 19 April 2016 |
| Simon P. Huntington | | Warfare | OBE | 20 February 2017 |
| Robert James Astley Bellfield | Naval Regional Commander London and Eastern England | Warfare | CBE, ADC | 25 August 2017 |
| Thomas J. Guy | Commander, British Forces Gibraltar | Warfare | | 1 July 2018 |
| Stephen David Roberts | Deputy Director of Ship Acquisition, Navy Command | Engineering | CBE | 20 March 2019 |
| Philip D. Nash | Deputy Director, Combined Joint Operations from the Sea Center of Excellence | Warfare | | 26 August 2019 |
| Paul E. Dunn | Commodore, Submarine Service | Warfare | OBE | 12 August 2019 |
| Philip G. Game | Director of Sense, Decide and Communicate, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | | 4 November 2019 |
| Christopher D. Goodsell | Deputy Director of Submarines, navy Command | Warfare | | 23 March 2020 |
| Jonathan D. Lett | Deputy Director of Policy, United States Indo-Pacific Command | Warfare | | 16 November 2020 |
| Sharon L. Malkin | Commander, His Majesty's Naval Base Clyde | Engineering | ADC | 2 June 2021 |
| David Christopher Moody | Head of Space Capability, United Kingdom Space Command | Engineering | CBE | 25 June 2021 |
| Martyn R. Boyes | Director Submarines Acquisition, Submarine Delivery Agency | Engineering | | 28 June 2021 |
| Paul P. Pitcher | | Warfare | | 6 September 2021 |
| Gordon W. D. Ruddock | Deputy Chief of Staff (Management), Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum | Warfare | | 13 December 2021 |
| Andrew D. Rose | Deputy Director of Plans, Navy Command | Warfare | | 10 January 2022 |
| Timothy C. Green | Assistant Chief of Staff (Maritime Warfare), Navy Command | Warfare | | 31 March 2022 |
| Andrew G. Lamb | UK Defence Attaché to the Republic of Korea | Warfare | OBE | 25 Jul 2022 |
| Robert E. Curry | Director, Deterrence and Defence of the European/Atlantic Area Implementation Group | | | July 2022 | |
| Roger Readwin | UK Naval Attaché to the USA | | | July 2022 |
| Richard A. New | Deputy Chief Naval Logistics Officer | Logistics | | 2 October 2022 |
| Donald J. Mackinnon | Head of Defence Operational Capability, Ministry of Defence | Warfare | OBE | 31 October 2022 |
| Elton R. Sharkey | Director of Nuclear Propulsion, Submarine Delivery Agency | Engineering | | 12 December 2022 |
| Catherine E. Jordan | Head, Royal Navy Culture Centre | Warfare | LVO | 9 January 2023 |
| Stephen J. Bolton | Deputy Director, Aviation Programmes and Futures, Navy Command | Warfare | | 6 February 2023 |
| Toby S. Jefferson | Deputy Director of Infrastructure, Navy Command | Engineering | | 6 February 2023 |
| Andrew J. E. Ashfield Smith | Head of Communications Strategy, Ministry of Defence | Warfare | | 20 April 2023 |
| Simon P. Kelly | Deputy Commander UK Strike Force | Warfare | | 22 May 2023 |
| James Blackmore | Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group | Warfare | | 23 May 2023 |
| Rachel M. Singleton | Head of the Defence AI Centre, Strategic Command | Engineering | MBE | 5 June 2023 |
| Andrew R. Ingham | Commander Fleet Operational Standards and Training | Warfare | | 4 July 2023 |
| Andrew G. James | Deputy Director of Submarine Capability, Navy Command | Engineering | | 4 July 2023 |
| Stephen Andrew Large | Head of Naval Ship Support, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | OBE | 10 July 2023 |
| Joanna L. Adey | Commander Maritime Reserves | Engineering | ADC | 25 July 2023 |
| Matthew P. Stratton | Deputy Director of Equipment and Systems Acquisition, Navy Command | Engineering | | 1 August 2023 |
| Stuart A. Finn | Deputy Director of Naval Aviation Commodore Fleet Air Arm | Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | | 1 August 2023 |
| David M. Filtness | Deputy Commander Operations | Warfare | | 14 August 2023 |
| Paul Carter | Deputy Director of AUKUS, Defence Nuclear Organisation | Engineering | | 4 September 2023 |
| Matthew M. Solly | Deputy Commandant, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom | Engineering | | 9 October 2023 |
| Steven Jose | Head of UK Military Flying Training Systems, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | | 30 October 2023 |
| Benjamin D. Wales | Head of Strategic Workforce Planning and Performance, Ministry of Defence | Logistics | | 1 December 2023 |
| James D. Farrant | Deputy Director, Service Prosecuting Authority | Logistics | | 8 December 2023 |
| John M. Punch | Deputy Director of Plans, Navy Command | Warfare | OBE | 11 December 2023 |
| Suzi Nielson | Deputy Director of People Delivery, Navy Command | Logistics | OBE | 2 January 2024 |
| Mark Edgar John Anderson | | Warfare | CBE | 5 January 2024 |
| Johanna Deakin | Deputy Director of Individual Training, Navy Command Commandant, Training Management Group | Engineering | OBE | 16 January 2024 |
| Andrew R. Robinson | Head of Customer Service Team, Defence Infrastructure Organisation | Warfare | | 14 April 2024 |
| Marcus E. Rose | Deputy Director of Underwater Battlespace Capability, Navy Command | Engineering | | 15 April 2024 |
| Karen M. M. Rees | Director of Defence Support Chains Operations and Movements | Logistics | | 22 April 2024 |
| Marcus J. C. Hember | Deputy Director of Capability Plans, Navy Command | Warfare | | 13 May 2024 |
| Alan D. Tracey | Head of Defence Maritime Regulator, Defence Safety Authority | Engineering | | 20 May 2024 |
| Tobias G. Waite | Commodore Naval Staff Deputy Director of Policy and Engagement, Navy Command | Warfare | | 28 May 2024 |
| Michael L. Wood | Head of Underwater Battlespace Capability, Navy Command | Warfare | MBE | 24 June 2024 |
| Richard J. Purdy | Deputy Director of People Change, Navy Command | Engineering | | 24 June 2024 |
| Conor M. O′Neill | | Warfare | | 29 July 2024 |
| Marcel M.G. Rosenberg | Commander, His Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth | Engineering | ADC | 9 September 2024 |
| Jonathan A. Carrigan | Deputy Director, National Shipbuilding Office | Logistics | | 9 September 2024 |
| Christopher E. M. Saunders | UK Defence Attaché to India | Warfare | MBE | 23 September 2024 |
| Tristram A.H. Kirkwood | Naval Regional Commander Wales and Western England | Warfare | OBE, ADC | 2 November 2024 |
| Anthony S. Williams | | Warfare | | 2 December 2024 |
| Benjamin W. Aldous | Deputy Commander, Combined Maritime Forces Commander, United Kingdom Maritime Component Command | | | 3 January 2025 |

### Surgeon-Commodores

| Name | Appointment | Former branch | Honours | Date of promotion |
| Stuart W. S. Millar | Senior Responsible Officer, Doctors, Army Command | Medical | | 31 July 2017 |
| Alison J. Hofman | Head of the Royal Navy Medical Service Medical Director General (Naval) | Medical | | 28 May 2020 |
| Elizabeth Crowson | Head of Defence Healthcare Education and Training, Defence Medical Services Commandant, Defence Medical Academy | Medical | | 2022 |
| Andrew N. Nelstrop | Commander, Defence Primary Healthcare | Medical | | 1 September 2023 |
| Jason E. Smith | Medical Director to the Surgeon General Head of Research and Clinical Innovation, Defence Medical Services | Medical | CBE, KHP | 18 March 2024 |

### Royal Fleet Auxiliary

| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
| Sam Shattock | | Deputy Director, Royal Fleet Auxiliary | Royal Fleet Auxiliary | | | |