Lieutenant General Sir David Andrew Capewell, KCB, OBE (born 21 August 1959) is a retired Royal Marines officer who served as Chief of Joint Operations from 2011 to 2015.

[2] He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2002 Birthday Honours for service in Northern Ireland and Afghanistan.

[7] Capewell went on to be British Liaison Officer to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the United States in 2004, and was promoted to brigadier on 18 October 2004.

[8] He became Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations) at Permanent Joint Headquarters in May 2005 and Commander of 3 Commando Brigade in June 2007.

[2] Promoted to major general on 6 May 2008,[9][10] on his appointment as Deputy Commander NATO Rapid Deployable Italian Corps,[2] he became Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations) at the Ministry of Defence in August 2010[11] and Chief of Joint Operations at Permanent Joint Headquarters in December 2011, with the rank of lieutenant general from 13 December.