Public Aquarium Consultant
CurrentWorking with a range of clients worldwide, including reefLIVE, Event, Eden Project, Petersham Group, Merlin Entertainments (SEA LIFE), and Miller Leisure (Sealife Adventure Zooquarium).
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Joe Lavery is listed as Public Aquarium Consultant at Joe Lavery, based in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at merlinentertainments.biz and a matched LinkedIn profile for Joe Lavery.
Joe Lavery previously worked as Non Executive Director at National Marine Aquarium and Managing Director at Scorelink Limited. Joe Lavery holds Marine Biology And Zoology from Bangor University.
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An experienced marine biologist and aquarium curator, Joe has worked in the public aquarium industry for the last 18 years. After working at the husbandry level as an aquarist, senior aquarist, and curator, he went on to hold a number of senior positions with Merlin Entertainments’ SEA LIFE division, including as Regional Project Curator for SEA LIFE Europe and then Global Curator of Research & Development for 57 SEA LIFE aquariums worldwide. Joe has worked on more than 25 public aquarium projects across seven time zones, including 12 new build aquariums and 11 major capital projects. During the latter half of his tenure at Merlin Entertainments, Joe was Chair of the European Diving Safety Board and Vice-Chair of the Global Diving Safety Board. Currently Joe is a consultant to the zoo & aquarium industry, specialising in the the design, development, and day-to-day operation of public aquariums in the UK and worldwide. He is also a Non-Executive Director of the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth.
Listed skills include Marine Biology, Scuba Diving, Fish, Animal Husbandry, and 19 others.
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Working with a range of clients worldwide, including reefLIVE, Event, Eden Project, Petersham Group, Merlin Entertainments (SEA LIFE), and Miller Leisure (Sealife Adventure Zooquarium).
Founded and led a fast-growing, innovative hardware/software company focussed on building the new technologies behind a range of re-imagined pub games for the social entertainment sector.
Leading global innovation for the group of 57 SEA LIFE aquariums worldwide to maximise visitor experience and drive financial growth.Key achievements: introduced industry-leading innovations to boost revenue across the global SEA LIFE estate; achieved £1M+ annual savings through cost reductions and automation; developed an app replacing 2,000 spreadsheets, saving 67,000 staff hours annually while improving animal welfare; delivered double-digit KPI growth (+13% product, +11% service, +10% satisfaction, +9% NPS, +7% value) and increased secondary spends by 9% YoY at SEA LIFE Blackpool.
Leading the design, construction and operational handover of all major capital aquarium projects at the 34 SEA LIFE aquariums in Europe between £500k-£2m . Projects include: ocean tank refurbishments at SEA LIFE Brighton, SEA LIFE Great Yarmouth, and SEA LIFE Benelmadena, new Sea Otter exhibit at the National SEA LIFE Centre in Birmingham, “Coral Kingdom” Project at SEA LIFE Speyer, new Humbolt Penguin exhibit at SEA LIFE Porto, new Little Penguin exhibit at SEA LIFE Weymouth, Seal exhibit renovation at SEA LIFE Blankenberge, “Day & Night on the Reef” at SEA LIFE Brighton, “Lair of the Giant Crabs” at SEA LIFE Manchester, new Gentoo & King Penguin exhibit at SEA LIFE Paris, “Tiger Rock” at Chessington World of Adventure, “Sea at Night” at SEA LIFE Busan (Korea), "Doodle Reef" at SEA LIFE Kansas (US), and “Jelly Invasion” at SEA LIFE London.
Supported various aspects of the design, construction, and operational handover of more than 12 new SEA LIFE aquariums globally circa £8 million.Projects include: new site design/development for the Belgua Whale Sanctuary (Iceland), SEA LIFE Shenyang (China), SEA LIFE Chongqing (China), SEA LIFE Nagoya (Japan), SEA LIFE Rome, Bear Grylls Adventure, LEGOLAND Dubai (Submarine Adventure), and others which have not yet been built.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Progressed to Aquarium Curator of the UK’s newest public aquarium. I managed the collection of exhibits and a team of 9 direct reports with a footfall of 250k visitors per annum.
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