Rear Admiral (Junior Grade) Alan Claydon-Fink is a retired South African Navy officer who served as Director Naval Acquisition.
He was a naval combat officer who had vast experience at sea and ashore. Capt (SAN) Claydon-Fink served as a Project Officer at Defence Acquisition & Procurement Division on the Special Defence Package Acquisition (Arms Deal) of the late 1990s. Director Naval Acquisition at Defence Materiel Division from 1 March 2007 until his retirement on 29 February 2016.