Experienced Maritime Advisor and Practitioner: Proficient in Safety & Environmental Management, Legislation and Regulation understanding and application, Audit and Assurance visits and application.

With broad skills and qualifications in Safety and Environmental Management and Accident Investigation and extensive experience across the Maritime Sector. Led the redevelopment of the Defence Maritime Regulator with strong legislative and regulatory experience now open to utilising those skills further in the sector after completing military service.I am a highly driven and experienced manager and leader with over 30 years of Service in the Royal Navy leading and managing teams, commanding ships and coordinating programmes. Latterly impressively built extensive regulatory and investigatory skills in the maritime environment providing oversight, assurance and audit alongside advice, policy development and cross sector engagement. A proven track record in leading change programmes from planning through to delivery ranging across complex multi-national organisations (NATO), Training and Assurance in the Royal Navy to delivering Policy and Legislation in developing the Defence Maritime Regulator. Key Skills:Development of strategic policy combined with tactical decision-making.Leading and delivering change programmes.Team building, leadership and motivation of teams.Establishing, management of and commitment to key stakeholder relationships.Effective Communication with outstanding presentational skills

Attended BRNC Dartmouth in 1983 joining a flight entry in January and passing out in the summer term. Approximately ten years as a pure Naval Aviator qualified as an AEW Observer, Qualified Observer Instructor and Electronic Warfare Instructor. Including one flying tour as an Instructor teaching Radar and Navigation. In 1993 qualified as a Principle Warfare Officer winning the Wilkinsom Sword as best student in year. Various Warfare appointments at sea and as a sea trainer in the Royal Navy Sea training Command. Staff Course and an MA in Defence Studies at Kings College London followed before a two year Command of a Destroyer HMS Newcaste, Mobile Sea Training Commander at the Sea Training Command training both UK and Foreign naval units including overseas training in South Africa, Poland, Norway and Singapore. Executive Officer HMS Ark Royal followed as a further Command Tour. Head of Navy PR responsible for all Corporate Communications for the Royal Navy: Website, Advertising, Marketting, Television Programmes, Internal Communications and Branding. Promotion to Captain assigned to NATO duties in Norfolk Virginia; Leading the NATO C-IED Task Force, Integrating New Nations (Croatia & Albania) into the Alliance, Leading the production of reports for Secretary General's Connected Forces Initiative post a reorganisation assumed responsibility as Branch Head for Defence Planning to drive Military advice to the forming of Alliance Political Guidance and Military Capability developemnt to meet NATO's level of ambition. In 2014 returned to the UK as the Captain Surface Ships in the Portsmouth Flotilla responsible for generating the Aircraft Carriers, all the Royal Navy's Type 45 Destroyers and the Portsmouth based Type 23 Frigates. Promoted Commodore in early 2016 moved to a new position as Head Defence Maritime Regulator within the Defence Safety Agency.

Captain Surface Ships is responsible for the delivery of all major surface ships in the Flotilla (Aircraft Carriers Destroyers and Frigates) ready for operations through leading the Generation Process including Assurance and Guidance of Executive, Logistic, Medical, Marine and Weapon Engineering Departments. Providing guidance, leadership and direction to the Commanding Officers of these ships, including coaching and mentoring and performance evaluation and assurance. Responsible for oversight of all personnel a total of some 5000 Officers and Ratings in reporting of Commanding Officers and Heads of Department through to the parenting of shore based sailors in the Flotilla.

I led the Defence Maritime Regulator within the Defence Safety Authority a team of 30 responsible for Regulation and Assurance across Defence Maritime Activity: Shipping, Diving and Port Operations. Empowered directly to deliver regulation to the military for Derogations, Exemptions and Disapplications (DEDs) from Statutory Legislation also providing Assurance on Safety and Environmental Protection across all Defence Maritime Activity.

Branch Head Defence Planning Policy & Analysis, responsible for the coordination and delivery of ACT's elements of the Nato Defence Planning Process. This process is NATO wide and provides the Military Guidance in deriving the Political Guidance for NATO planning. Then assessing and identifying the capabilites required to meet NATO's level of ambition from the guidance, apportioning capability targets to Nations and reviewing NATO's collective capabilities.

Two seperate functions, firstly leading the integration of New NATO nations, developing relationships with the new Nation Defence Structure and guiding them through NATO processess. Second function coordinating the development of the NATO Connected Forces initative announced by the SECGEN at the Chicago Summit in 2012

Resposible for the delivery of the integration programme for new NATO nations and the delivery of the ACT action plan for C-IED.

In charge of Royal Navy Marketing and PR Activity owning the Royal Navy Internet Website, All non News TV Activity, Corporate Advertising and Internal Communications Publications and DVD Products.

Effectively the Managing Director of the Ship in business terms tasked to "Make it work" responsible for ships company of 700 rising to 1200 with embarked forces or squadrons. Ensuring the safe, efficent and effective operation of the ship, meeting objectives and the programme with responsibility for people, equipment and systems.