Bruce Williams

Rear Admiral Bruce Nicholas Bromley Williams CBE is a retired Royal Navy officer.

Naval career Williams joined the Royal Navy in 1980. He became commanding officer of the frigate HMS Norfolk in 1998 and commanding officer of the frigate in 2003. Williams turned over command of Task Force 150 to French Navy Rear Admiral Alain Hinden on 4 April 2007.

Williams became Deputy Commandant of the Joint Services Command and Staff College in 2008, before being promoted to rear admiral and taking up the appointment as Chief of Staff to NATO's Allied Maritime Command Naples in 2009.

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours.