Head Navy Capability
Head Navy Capability (HNC) is responsible for implementation of both current and future Navy capability, including all Navy programs/projects (both major and minor) from concept through to acquisition, in service use and ultimately disposal of the system. The rank associated with the position is Rear Admiral (2-star).
Rear Admiral Pete Quinn AM CSC RAN was appointed Head Navy Capability on 8 December 2017.
Rear Admiral Stephen Hughes
Rear Admiral Stephen Hughes, CSC, RAN, assumed his current role as Head Navy Capability in December 2022. He is responsible for identifying the needs and requirements of Navy’s future capabilities...
List of Previous Heads of Navy Capability
(2017 - 2022)
Rear Admiral Pete Quinn
Rear Admiral Pete Quinn joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1983 from Mackay, Queensland. As a Principal Warfare Officer specialising in Above Water Warfare he has served in a wide variety of Navy,...
(2015 - 2017)
Vice Admiral Jonathan Dallas Mead
Jonathan Dallas Mead joined the Royal Australian Naval College in 1984 and graduated in 1986 with a Diploma of Applied Science. He specialised in Mine Clearance Diving and Explosive Ordnance Disposal...
(2012)
Rear Admiral Allan du Toit
Allan du Toit, was raised and educated in Durban, South Africa. He joined the South African Navy as a Midshipman in 1975 and graduated from the South African Military Academy in 1979. He then served...
(2012 - 2015)
Rear Admiral Mark Campbell
Mark Campbell is a Helicopter Warfare Instructor with substantial aviation, command, acquisition and sustainment experience. He has about 3500 flying hours mainly as an anti-submarine tactical co-...
