Vice Admiral Michael Keith Utley, CB, OBE is a senior Royal Navy officer who currently serves as Commander Allied Maritime Command, NATO, since January 2023.

Educated at Cowbridge School,[3] Utley joined the Royal Navy in October 1990.

[7] He went on to become Commander Sea Training in 2010,[3] before being appointed the last commanding officer of the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious in May 2013[8] and in that role was deployed to provide humanitarian aid in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in November 2013.

[9] Utley became commander of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 in June 2017,[10] Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group in October 2018,[11] and Commander United Kingdom Strike Force in December 2019.

[14] Utley was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his service in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in the 2015 Special Honours,[15] and Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2020 Birthday Honours.