Edward Phillips Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Bahrain

• Deputy Plans / Operations Officer to the UK Maritime Component Commander, Bahrain.
• Leadership and management – Coordinating plans and operations for 7 ships and 800 personnel. Routinely problem-solving daily issues to meet organisational objectives.
• Project management – Implementing long-term change, including consolidating all key long-term guidance to the staff and ships into one 200-page document.

• Officer in Charge of Royal Navy Principal Warfare Officer Training (Head of Department charged with delivering a Masters-equivalent training course).
• Training and Development – Responsible for 7 staff and 30 students while running a year-long career course for students to master warfighting in ships.
• Leadership and Management – Mentoring students to lead up to 100 personnel. Both for day-to-day management, as well as for high-pressured warfighting operations.

• Strategic thinking – Responsible for developing capabilities and options within the MOD to counter state threats, including options for maritime operations. Input into a multi-million pound capability. My overall.
• Leadership and management – Routine engagement with a diverse set of UK and international stakeholders resulting in a >50% increase in operational output.
• Verbal and written… Show more
• Verbal and written briefing – Routine written reports and verbal briefings for senior MOD leaders about state threats and the options for special maritime operations. Show less

• Problem-solving – Coordinating up to 5 international ships (and ~1000 personnel) conducting operations in the Arabian Gulf.
• Verbal briefing – Twice-daily operational updates to the Task Group Commander.

• Leadership and management – Third-in-command for a ship of 200. Head of warfare department (100 personnel). Planned and coordinated operations for all 200 personnel.
• Project management – Led the ship’s effort for Operation ELLAMY, the UK contribution to stop people smuggling from Libya into the EU.

• Year-long course to increase capacity to concurrently monitor a large range of different factors and to still demonstrate sound decision making under pressure.

• Studying different leadership and management theories and developing my own skills.
• Development of written and verbal briefing skills.

• Junior Officer roles developing my leadership and problem-solving skills:
• 2011-2014: Navigating Officer HMS MONMOUTH (200 personnel).
• 2009-2010: Officer of the Watch / Boarding Officer HMS CUMBERLAND (200 personnel).
• 2007-2008: Navigating Officer HMS ATHERSTONE and HMS CATTISTOCK (50 personnel).

• Officer training at Britannia Royal Naval College and at sea.
• Gained a rare Distinction on the overall assessment (Fleet Board).
• Gained a prestigious Small Ship Navigator recommendation.
• Gained the prize for highest academic marks of the year on Navigation course.