Rear Admiral John Matthew Leonard Kingwell CBE (born 26 August 1966) is a retired Royal Navy officer.
He was Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 2019 to 2020.
[1] After that he became Head of Naval Resources and Plans in November 2011, Director of the Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre in October 2013 and Deputy Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in May 2016 before becoming Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in July 2019.
[2][3] He handed over the post to George Norton on 21 July 2020,[4] and retired from the navy in February 2021.
[5] Kingwell was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 Birthday Honours.