After training at the
Britannia Royal Naval College, Woods joined the
Royal Navy in 1988. Promoted to
commodore on 1 May 2015, he served as British Defence
attaché in
Kyiv. He was promoted to
rear admiral on 16 January 2023, and became Head of the
British Defence Staff and Defence
Attaché in
Washington, D.C. the same month. Woods was appointed a
Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the
2023 Birthday Honours. ==References==