Richard Cheadle

Richard Cheadle
Born 1950
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Rank Rear Admiral
Commands held HM Naval Base Devonport
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath

Rear Admiral Richard Frank Cheadle CB (born 1950) is a former Royal Navy officer who went on to be Controller of the Navy.

Naval career

Cheadle served as Director of Nuclear Propulsion at the Ministry of Defence and then as Commander of HM Naval Base Devonport.[1] Promoted to Rear Admiral, he was appointed Chief of Staff to the Second Sea Lord and Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command in 2003.[2] He was appointed Controller of the Navy as well as an Executive Director of the Defence Procurement Agency in December 2003.[3] By the following year he was still Controller of the Navy but also Director, Land & Maritime.[4] He retired from the Navy in 2006 and became a Director at WS Atkins.[5]

References

  1. ^ Naval Strategic Plan 2006, p. 26 Ministry of Defence
  2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 2004
  3. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 2005
  4. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 2006
  5. ^ Formal Minutes Defence Committee, Session 2008–09
Military offices
Preceded by
Nigel Guild		 Controller of the Navy
2003–2006		 Succeeded by
Andrew Mathews