David Proctor (admiral)

Rear Admiral David Colin Proctor ONZM (born 1968 or 1969) is a retired officer in the Royal New Zealand Navy.[1] Of Māori descent, Proctor affiliates to Ngāti Korokī Kahukura.[2] After leaving school, Proctor joined the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) in January 1987 as a midshipman.[3] Proctor's tenure as Chief of Navy included the delivery of two new ships to the RNZN, the eruption of Whakaari / White Island in 2019 and the response to Cyclone Gabrielle in 2023.[2] Proctor retired as Chief of Navy on 16 May 2024, and became the deputy executive director at the Australian Civil Military Centre in Canberra.
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