Andy Hodgson Email & Phone Number

Alton, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Organiser of one of the world's great ultramarathons. From Goose Green the course winds its way to San Carlos before heading through the hills of Mount Kent, Two Sisters, Wireless Ridge and Tumbledown towards Stanley. 100 miles on foot in a single stage across the Falkland Islands for a once-in-a-lifetime carbon negative, epic challenge!Visit falklandsultra.com for more details.

Andover, England, United Kingdom

Delivering engineering insight to the British Army

London, United Kingdom

Helping ship-owning and chartering companies to realise their digitalisation strategy.Connecting data across all aspects of the maritime business process to empower staff, improve efficiency and unlock profit.Leading the growth of the premier contract management service (SaaS) to the tanker and dry bulk sectors.

Winchester

Downing Maritime is dedicated to making shipping companies more profitable. Not just in the short term but making enduring changes that deliver long-term benefits. We have a passion for maximising earning potential from maritime assets by turning data into actionable insight giving you the tools to make better decisions.​All the team have extensive maritime experience with team members also having specialism in commercial pooling operations, marine engineering, tanker and bulker operations and software engineering.• Business development consultancy in offshore renewables, commercial workboat strategy.• Provision of software solutions and systems integration for vessel tracking and extrapolation.• Freight market forecasting, trade-lane evolution and trading strategy development.• Commercial and technical vessel performance optimisation.

Winchester

Provision of onsite medical capability at remote locations onshore and offshore for the renewable energy sector. Subsequently bought by Remote Medical International.• Provided assurance to wind farm operators at a time of increased corporate responsibility. • Improved safety and lowered operating costs.• Responsible for branding and developing the marketing strategy.• Developed algorithms to ensure optimal distribution of medical assets across offshore wind farms.The company was subsequently bought by Remote Medical International.

Winchester

Recruiting, selecting, training and providing armed and unarmed maritime security teams to protect commercial shipping in the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Guinea and South East Asia. Subsequently bought be Remote Medical International.• Full responsibility for lead-generation, new business development, managing and developing the sales pipeline.• Developed a client base of ship owners, third-party technical managers and charterers based in London, Athens, Oslo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Hamburg, New York, Glasgow, Dubai and increased annual turnover from zero to US$6m in three years (in a declining market).• Identified potential clients, undertook all client meetings globally and secured all sales from start-up to achieving top-tier status as one of the most successful maritime security companies globally. • Responsible for establishing the brand and developing and executing the marketing strategy.• Negotiated all contracts and managed clients’ expectations and requirements.• Undertook all business and market intelligence activities including data acquisition and analysis.• Created Piracy Threat Profile Algorithm to provide bespoke, graphical and numerical risk information for ocean voyages.The company was subsequently bought by Remote Medical International.

London, United Kingdom

• Managed the research team and responsible for freight and oil market analysis and forecasts providing market insight to ship owners such as Maersk, Frontline, Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Euronav, Athenian, Metrostar, DHT, Osprey, TCC, Oak Maritime, Reederei Nord. • Initiated a slow-steaming programme ahead of the general market and developed the speed strategy improving bottom line result in excess of $50 million pa. and reducing CO2 by 500,000MTpa.• Maintained macro-economic view and formulated commercial trading strategy.• Provided investment decision support to ship owners on vessel/fleet acquisitions. Preparation and presentation of investment information memoranda for banks and investors.• Detailed reporting on all commercial activities to the board and owners through monthly reports and shareholder meetings.• Responsible for benchmarking and competitor intelligence activities.• Compiled port performance reports and advised on cargo/bunker shortages and port delays.• Created market intelligence from satellite AIS data to model short-term market movements.• Established trade flow information from multiple data sources such as commercial fixture reports, port agent reports, AIS and canal reports to provide leading indication of global trade evolution and deduce impact on shipping markets to allow early modification of trading strategy.• Developed freight market forecast models and scenario planning tools. • Analysis of all vessel and voyage performance data, identification of misreported data, weather reporting.• Active role in software development: Developing algorithms to match vessels and cargoes.

London, United Kingdom

• Developed trading strategy with regard to trade-lanes and customers. • Designed client marketing approach securing contracts with two national oil companies.• Designed marketing approach to attract ship owners to the Pool.• Responsible for optimising vessel trading performance.• Devised new system for evaluating vessel profitability and cash distribution.• Responsible for company-wide data management.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Natural Sciences

Material science, metallurgy, mathematics, fluid dynamics, physics and chemistry.

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Chemical Engineering

Specialising in the design of desulphurisation units (scrubbers) of transport fuels, distillation and refinery financial planning.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Analytical Chemistry

Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in the departments of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology