Greg Maddison

Vice-Admiral Gregory Ralph Maddison CMM, MSC, CD is a retired officer of the Canadian Forces. He was Chief of the Maritime Staff from 1997 to 2001.

Career
Maddison joined the Canadian Forces in 1972. He became Commanding Officer of the destroyer HMCS Athabaskan in 1986, Director Maritime Operations Plans and Reserves in 1989 and Commander of the First Canadian Destroyer Squadron in 1991. He went on to be Commander of NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic in 1993, Assistant Chief of Staff (Personnel & Training) in 1994 and Chief of the Maritime Staff in September 1997. His last appointment was as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff in May 2001 before retiring in 2005.