Vice Admiral Sir Christopher Reginald Summers Gardner, (born 10 October 1962) is a senior

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officer.

Naval career

Gardner joined the

as a logistics officer in 1984. He went on to serve on submarines and ships including , , and . Gardner became Head of Capability Improvement at the

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in 2010, Assistant Chief of Staff (Ships) in 2014 and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Ships) in 2015. He was promoted to the rank of vice admiral and become Chief of Materiel (Ships) at

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in April 2019. Gardner's appointment has re-titled as 'Director General Ships'. Already

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(CBE), Gardner was appointed

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(KBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours.

Family

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

References

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