One of the team of 25 global Nadcap auditors assuring the compliance of welding processes of companies within the aerospace, energy and transportation sectors.Consultant providing solutions to challenging production welding issues.

I started my career in the Power Generation Industry working in the research department of NEI Parsons as Manager of the Power Plant Materials Department investigating the creep and fatigue of steam turbine components where I eventually became Chief Engineer in the Materials Department. In particular, this included assessing the high temperature performance of weldments, aqueous corrosion of power plant steels and the failure analysis of power plant components. Notable achievements during this time included work which led to a technique for assessing the remaining life of power plant steels operating in the creep regime, and in an international collaboration, the introduction of a new 9-12Cr steel which was subsequently published. After joining the Marine sector of Rolls-Royce, I was seconded to Atomic Energy Canada Limited to oversee a large thermo-mechanical testing programme for the Submarine business. Following this, I led a team back in the UK to introduce and implement a new business process for capability acquisition within the Company. I then returned to a technical role within the Rolls-Royce Aero business in becoming the specialist responsible for co-ordinating the activities and developing the strategy for welding and joining within the company on a global basis together with leading key research and development to bring new technologies into the business. I completed Black Belt training and routinely assisted with production welding matters. I have about 40 publications.