Rear Admiral David Colin Proctor ONZM (born 1968 or 1969) is a retired officer in the Royal New Zealand Navy.

[1] Of Māori descent, Proctor affiliates to Ngāti Korokī Kahukura.

[2] After leaving school, Proctor joined the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) in January 1987 as a midshipman.

[3] Proctor's tenure as Chief of Navy included the delivery of two new ships to the RNZN, the eruption of Whakaari / White Island in 2019 and the response to Cyclone Gabrielle in 2023.

[2] Proctor retired as Chief of Navy on 16 May 2024, and became the deputy executive director at the Australian Civil Military Centre in Canberra.