Vice Admiral Peter Derek Hudson, CB, CBE (born 25 June 1961) is a retired Royal Navy officer who served as Commander Allied Maritime Command until October 2015.

He underwent officer training at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and later undertook studies in maths and economics with the Open University (BSc).

[2] He went on to be leader of the team rationalising the regional fleet headquarters in 2000, commanding officer of the assault ship HMS Albion in 2002, Director of Naval Resources and Plans at the Ministry of Defence in 2005 and Commander Amphibious Task Group in 2008 (deployed as commander of the maritime Coalition Task Force in the Gulf).

[9] Having retired from the navy, he worked as director of international maritime programs for L3 Technologies from 2016 to 2018.

[1] Hudson is Vice Chairman of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.