Christopher Gardner (Royal Navy officer)


Christopher Reginald Summers Gardner is a senior Royal Navy officer.

Naval career

Gardner became Head of Capability Improvement at the Ministry of Defence in 2010, Assistant Chief of Staff in 2014 and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 2015. He was promoted to the rank of vice admiral and become Chief of Materiel at Defence Equipment and Support in April 2019.

Family

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