Rear Admiral

Rear Admiral (Royal Navy)

Rear Admiral is a flag officer rank of the British Royal Navy. It is immediately superior to Commodore and is subordinate to Vice Admiral. It is a two-star rank and has a NATO ranking code of OF-7....

 Jonathon Reeve CB

Order of the Bath

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 (born 1 October 1949) is a former Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 officer who ended his naval career as Chief of Fleet Support

Fourth Sea Lord

The Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Supplies was formerly one of the Naval Lords and members of the Board of Admiralty which controlled the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.-History:...

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Naval career

Educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge

St Catharine's College, Cambridge

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, Reeve joined the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 in 1967 and specialized in engineering. He was appointed Commander of HM Naval Base Plymouth

HMNB Devonport

Her Majesty's Naval Base Devonport , is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy . HMNB Devonport is located in Devonport, in the west of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England...

 in 1998 and, following promotion to Rear Admiral in 2000, he became Change Director at Fleet Headquarters in 2000. He went on to be Chief of Fleet Support

Fourth Sea Lord

The Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Supplies was formerly one of the Naval Lords and members of the Board of Admiralty which controlled the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.-History:...

 as well as Naval Member for Logistics on the Navy Board

Navy Board

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in December 2000 before retiring in 2004.

In retirement he became a Non-Executive Director of Oxford Metrics Group.