Christopher Gardner (Royal Navy officer)

Vice Admiral Christopher Reginald Summers Gardner (born 10 October 1962) 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 (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 Defence Equipment and Support in April 2019.

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