Christopher Gardner (Royal Navy officer)

Gardner joined the Royal Navy as a logistics officer in 1984. He went on to serve on submarines and ships including HMS Tireless, HMS Sirius, and HMS Endurance.^[2]

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.^[3] He was promoted to the rank of vice admiral and become Chief of Materiel (Ships) at Defence Equipment and Support in April 2019.^[4][5] Gardner's appointment has re-titled as 'Director General Ships'.^[6] In September 2022, he was appointed CEO of the Submarine Delivery Agency.^[7]

Having been appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours,^[8] Gardner was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours.^[9][10]

In 1993, Gardner married Teresa Heather Edgecombe; they have one son and one daughter.^[11]