I am a fluid dynamics specialist with fifteen years'​ experience working within multidisciplinary teams of engineering consultants across diverse industries. I founded and ran a small engineering consultancy firm Paul Engineering, which specialised in solving problems for marine, renewable energy and the built environment. I also helped run a start-up business in the renewable energy sector before relocating to Gothenburg to take up a role at FS Dynamics, one of the fastest-growing and most exciting engineering consultancy firms in CAE.My MSc gave a deep understanding of fluid theory but it was through my employment, first at CD‑adapco and later at Lloyd's Register, that I honed my technical capabilities and developed skills in other areas crucial to engineering consultancy such as project management, client relations and marketing. As Deputy Manager of the Fluid Dynamics Group at Lloyd's Register, I managed and grew a highly successful team of fluid dynamics engineers and worked on Lloyd's Register's technology policy and strategy. These skills I later put to good use as I worked to grow and develop Zyba, a wave energy technology start-up, and Paul Engineering, an engineering consultancy, into successful businesses. In doing so, I learnt much about running a small business, including areas such as contract law, marketing, small business accounting, and tax relief schemes on investments. I am resourceful, committed and quick to transfer my experience and skills to new industries and opportunities.