Paul Carroll (Royal Navy officer)

Rear Admiral Paul Christopher Carroll, (born 1970), is a senior Royal Navy officer who currently serves as Director of Innovation and Future Capability at the UK Ministry of Defence.

Naval career
After graduating from Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth, Carroll was commissioned in the Royal Navy in 1991. Promoted to Captain on 6 October 2014, then Commodore in 2018, he became Rear Admiral on 2 August 2021, and Director of Innovation and Future Capability at MoD Defence Equipment and Support.

Appointed OBE in the 2020 Birthday Honours, Carroll is also a Liveryman of the Shipwrights' Company.