As Deputy Director UWB Capability within Navy Develop, Marcus Rose is the through-life capability sponsor for the Navy’s UWB capabilities. This includes geo-intelligence, Mine Warfare and EOD, Anti-Submarine Warfare, underwater weapons, submarine combat systems, Seabed Warfare, and Underwater Autonomous Systems. He also has an important role in cohering UWB capability planning across UK Defence, as the Chief of Staff to DCDS(MILCAP)’s 2-star UWB Capability Management Group. He is the UK lead for numerous non-nuclear UWB international programmes and initiatives. He is Senior Responsible Owner for VCDS’ ASW Spearhead programme and early-stage Navy UWB programmes.

Marcus read for a degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Portsmouth and joined Britannia Royal Naval College in September 2004. His early career involved sea time on HMS Nottingham and HMS Albion prior to volunteering for the Submarine Service. He then went on to serve in HMS Trenchant and HMS Torbay as the Communications and Information Systems Engineer and Deputy Weapon Engineer, completing 3 deployments East of Suez and several periods of operations.

After several years on operational platforms Marcus moved ashore and completed capability and acquisition assignments in Navy Command, followed by a short assignment to Defence Intelligence as the Torpedoes and Countermeasures Analyst. He returned to sea in 2014 as the Weapon Engineer Officer in HMS Triumph, completing periods of operations in the North Atlantic.

Professional Command at sea was followed by two roles in Flag Officer Sea Training, including OF4 Professional Command as head of Weapon Engineering training. In this role he also led the development of Offshore Patrol Vessel training design. A year undertaking Advanced Command and Staff Course followed and as the COVID pandemic hit he was seconded into the Ministry of Defence’s COVID Response and Recovery Team. During this period, he acted as Chief of Staff and led the rollout of COVID testing across the MOD.

After a short assignment as the project manager for the Royal Navy Submarine Training Centre he promoted to Captain Royal Navy and assumed the role of Submarine Combat Systems Resource Sponsor. In April 2024 he promoted to Commodore and took up his current assignment.

Marcus lives in Surrey with his wife and 3 young children. He is a passionate technical and cave diver, and enjoys completing middle distance triathlons when time allows.