royal london college. the vice admiral was appointed chief of the romanian naval staff in december 2013. vice admiral, welcome, sir. and our third panelist, rear admiral david proctor, chief of navy new zealand. rear admiral proctor assumed the reel of chief of navy on 29 november 2018 following numerous senior positions within the new zealand defense force including deputy commander joint forces new zealand and acting vice chief of defense force. in addition, he has also held a number of logistics positions within the new zealand navy. he molds graduate degrees in management and politics and policy and is a graduate of the fellow for strategic study. rear admiral proctor, welcome, sir. [ applause ] and with that i'm going to grab the fourth water and i'll turn it over to admiral kraus. thank you very much. admiral kraus, sir. >>> ladies and gentlemen, first of all, i would like to thank our hosts and organizers of this symposium for inviting me again. it's an honor and privilege to be a member of this esteemed panel. it does not only give me the opportunity to brief you on the current s