CHIRP
Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme
Members Area
A world in which aviation and maritime safety are continuously improved by the tackling of human factors safety-related issues, underpinned by a strong safety culture.
To help improve aviation and maritime safety and build a Just Culture by managing an independent and influential programme for the confidential reporting of human factors–related safety issues.
Our beneficiaries are a large and diverse community that in the broadest sense includes all those whose lives are touched by the aviation and maritime industries and who benefit from the Trust’s Mission.
The community includes:
Our incident reporting programme is unique for 4 reasons: we focus on the under-lying Human Factors; we are confidential; we are independent; we follow up reports with the organisations concerned.
Human Factors is the consideration of mental and physical capabilities, limitations and actions that relate to the way humans interface and perform within their environment safely, comfortably and effectively
CHIRP was established in its present form as a charitable company, limited by guarantee, on 1 November 1996.
The Trustees are responsible for ensuring that the Charity delivers against its charitable objects and are led by our Chair, Ruth Kaufman. Over the past two years the Trustees have overseen a restructure and refocus of the Board and have completed a full strategic review to ensure that the charity is in the best possible state to deliver its vision and mission.
The Board of Trustees’ responsibilities include:
Our Team
We have a small central team, all of whom work part time to fulfill their duties:
Much of the detailed work on the reports submitted is done by our colleagues who work as contractors to perform the role Programme Managers, and who provide crucial subject matter expertise.
Funding
The Aviation Programmes are sponsored by a grant of funding from the Civil Aviation Authority.
The Maritime Programmes are funded from a variety of sources including: The Corporation of Trinity House, Lloyd’s Register Foundation, The Seafarers’ Charity, TK Foundation, ITF The Seafarers’ Trust, IFAN and Thomas Miller.
All who work for or with CHIRP, whether as a Trustee, employee or contractor are committed to working with:
We will achieve our values through the following guiding principles:
We will carry out our duties in a fair, equitable and consistent manner. We will undertake effective liaison with our sponsors and all other bodies whose staff populate the expert advisory boards, and we will arrange that a sufficient number of independent advisors attend to ensure that CHIRP staff receive fair and equitable information.
As far as practically possible without in any way compromising confidences or revealing the identity of reporters, we will maintain relationships with appropriate branches of the aviation and maritime industries that are appropriate to the resolution of safety concerns.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the core of a safe and just culture. CHIRP believes the best teams not only share common goals and values, but they also need a diverse set of skills, perspectives and experiences to truly succeed.
We therefore actively seek to engage diverse employees, trustees, members and supporters to promote inclusion and diversity. Doing so strengthens our ability to serve the aviation and maritime safety communities, drives innovation and growth, and enables us to attract and retain the talent required to strive for continuous safety improvement.
Ruth graduated with a BA in Maths with Social Sciences from the University of Sussex and worked in Operational Research (OR) and other management functions in London Transport and the London Electricity before joining the Department of Health as an OR team leader. She moved on to lead the OR Group at the UK Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) and was Chair of the Government OR Service for two years. Before retiring from government in 2008, she was a member of ECGD’s Executive Board, as Head of Strategy, Change and OR.
Her charity board experience includes five years as Chair of Woman’s Trust, 10 years on the board of the Operational Research Society including two years as its President, external advisory to the Finance Committee of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes. She is currently a trustee of two other charities (Science Council and Humanists UK), and chair of the OR Society’s Pro Bono OR steering group. She received an OBE for services to OR in December 2015.
Ruth took over as Chair of CHIRP Trustees in October 2020.
Jeremy was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1980 as a General Duties Officer. Flying the Jet Provost, Hawk and then the Tornado GR1 operationally, he subsequently qualified as a QWI (Qualified Weapons Instructor). After a short service commission, he joined Air 2000 in early 1990 on the B757 gaining a command after 3 years on the A320. In 1996 he moved to Virgin Atlantic, flying the A343, A346, A320, A330 and A350. Jeremy joined the Human Factors team at Virgin in 2006, and instructed for several years before entering the management team. Over the next 14 years he held a number of positions in the Flight Ops department and was involved in running the Airbus Fleet technically, pastorally and from an IR perspective. His time in the office culminated in being Chief Pilot, Nominated Person Flight Operations, and Deputy Accountable Manager. He retired from flying at the end of 2022, and stepped down from the management role; he now teaches HF and is still involved in projects for the Virgin Flight Operations department, he will also be working as an Associate at Baines-Simmons.
Human Factors is still a passion for him, coupled with a strong belief in a “Just Culture” that should be embedded across both the maritime and aviation sectors.
A chartered master mariner, Younger Brother of Trinity House in London and a Fellow of the Nautical Institute, he commenced his maritime career in 1973.
Following eighteen years of a commercial seafaring career during which he progressed from cadet to master specialising in petrochemicals, he joined the Port of London Authority as a pilot in 1991 and retired in December 2019. He held various pilotage related positions with the PLA including VTS port controller and pilot simulator training lead.
During his pilotage career he held the posts of Chairman of the United Kingdom Maritime Pilots’ Association and its Secretary General. During much of the same period he was a Technical Adviser to the executive management committee of the International Maritime Pilots’ Association (IMPA).
He also represented IMPA in various PIANC working groups, researching and producing reports on: the design of Harbour Approach channels; the integrity Maritime Simulators; Impacts of ships on fixed structures, Climate Change Adaptation planning for ports and Impacts of ships on fixed structures.
In addition to advisory work with a number of high level commercial bodies, he has held a number of posts with organisations engaged in training pilots world-wide. A long standing member of the CHIRP MAB, he is also a member of the MASRWG and the MCA chaired MASSpeople group.
Most recently he is volunteering with the charity Mercy Ships as a fund-raising speaker, awareness ambassador and maritime adviser to the UK management office, focussing on building relationships between the charity and the UK maritime community at all levels.
Mike Cripps is a Royal Navy Air Engineer Officer with broad experience of delivering of maritime aviation capability, currently working within the Military Aviation Authority.
He has experience of operating aircraft from several Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships during front-line appointments. Beyond the front-line, Mike has worked within the MoD’s Defence Equipment & Support organisation, both in acquisition roles, and as an Engineering Authority where he held Type Airworthiness Authority for all Avionic and Weapon systems on the UK’s Merlin helicopters. He’s worked within the Royal Navy’s Strategic Headquarters getting to grips with the financial realities of aviation support and spent 3 years in Canada as the Deputy Commanding Officer of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s 12 Wing Air Maintenance Squadron.
Mike graduated from Cranfield University’s Executive MBA in 2019 and has been a Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and Chartered engineer since 2010.
Simon has been involved in human factors, risk and safety management in the aviation industry for over two decades. After obtaining his first degree in Integrated Engineering Simon started his career at Airbus. Identifying the need to address maintenance human factors and the unique role played by the manufacturer, Simon undertook a secondment in BAE Systems and completed a PhD in the subject.
Returning to Airbus as Maintenance Human Factors Manager, he set up and managed a team of psychologists and engineers working together to advise on the safe and efficient maintenance of aircraft. They developed and implemented safety improvement processes focussing specifically on how designs can be assessed for maintenance error and how this might be managed before production. He coordinated the sharing of incident data from the Airbus fleet and was on the committee which triaged maintenance incidents, analysing them and proposing action to be taken. He coordinated European maintenance human factors, research trained airlines, maintenance organisations and aviation regulators worldwide and presented at many international conferences and symposia.
For the last decade, he has operated as an independent consultant advising companies on the modern approach to risk management and on organisational resilience and Safety-II. Within aviation, Simon has continued providing support on fixed wing but also on rotorcraft. Working with all the major helicopter manufacturers he has co-developed techniques to review maintenance resilience of in-service aircraft and human hazard analysis techniques to improve design. He also lectures for Cranfield University and City University, London and co- authored an internal White Paper on “Human-Centred Design for Maintenance” for the RAeS which will drive change on this important topic in the years to come.
Outside of aviation, he is a trained business coach, worked on ‘The Resilience Shift’, the drive to improve resilience in critical infrastructure, and also adapted aviation risk and safety concepts for use within a health and social care setting, in care homes, hospitals, children’s and adult social care. He is a member of ‘Q’ the UK National Health Service Quality and Patient Safety initiative and is founder of the Organisational Resilience Special Interest Group. He is also on the executive committee of the Resilience Engineering Association.
Ryan heads up the South East region for the RNLI, the charity that saves lives at sea. In his role he is responsible for the fundraising, operations, education, engineering and support teams across the South East from Swanage to Dorset, including the 31 lifeboat stations and 42 lifeguarded beaches. Prior to this role Ryan was a Harbourmaster on the tidal Thames looking after navigational safety and events across the River Thames from the estuary to Teddington.
Ryan left the Royal Navy to start life afresh in London and was lucky enough to launch the first virtual showroom for Audi UK in Mayfair, London before moving to City Cruises as head of operations. At City Cruises Ryan oversaw the successful growth and launch of the new vessel Millennium Diamond as well as starting operations in Poole, Dorset.
His career in the port industry took shape when Ryan joined the PLA as Deputy Harbourmaster Upper in 2013, where he was responsible for large events in central London including the annual Universities Boatrace, New Year’s Eve Fireworks and the Hollywood spectacular Spectre.
After starting a family, Ryan re-located to the south coast where he became Pilotage Manager and Deputy Harbourmaster at Southampton, it was here that he managed a team of 70 marine pilots and pilot launch crews and over saw the introduction of a new pilot station in Gosport and a new pilot training scheme including simulation and utilisation of technology to improve the pilotage experience.
Ryan now lives in Godalming, Surrey with his wife and children after re-locating back from the South coast. When at home he enjoys running along the river Wey and cycling.
Jerry was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1982 as a general duties officer. He was a pilot flying the Canberra, Hawk, Phantom and Tornado F3 aircraft. While serving he received 2 Green Endorsements. In 2000, having qualified for his ATPL, he ‘retired’ from active service and joined Airtours as a first officer. In 2005 he moved to Virgin Atlantic, where he flies the Boeing 787.
Away from flying, Jerry has extensive board experience, with expertise in change management, structural re-organization, and effective industrial relations. He took on the role of Chair of Governors of a large secondary school during a period of industrial dispute and a subsequent restructuring. He also served on a local authority as a Parent Governor Representative. Since then, he has been a trustee for one pension scheme and is currently a trustee for another. He is Chair of Directors for a small residential property company. He was Vice Chair of the pilot Company Council at Virgin Atlantic, again during a period of industrial unrest and subsequent, successful, restructuring; and later went on to serve 6 years on the National Executive of the pilots’ union, BALPA. He now as a member of, and advisor to, their Legal Committee.
He is a strong believer in the ‘Just Culture’, and in using the principles of human factors and threat error management to enable individuals and organisations to deliver of their best.
Captain John Lloyd was appointed Chief Executive of The Nautical Institute in May 2017 having previously been Chief Operating Officer. In this role he was responsible for the Certification and Accreditation services including the Dynamic Positioning scheme and Oil Spill Response training programmes.
At the Nautical Institute he has pioneered a range of professional development short courses for the maritime community, led developments enhancing membership benefits globally in collaboration with KVH Videotel and developed specialist qualifications for the renewable energy sector.
Prior to joining the NI, John was Professor, Maritime Training at the Australian Maritime College (AMC) in charge of the international pathways for students and for delivery of Advanced level maritime simulation courses. In 2014 he inaugurated a new maritime college in Angola following a two-year development programme.
Prior to this he held appointments as: Chief Executive Officer of the Vanuatu Maritime College in Santo, Vanuatu; and senior posts at Flagship Training Limited and Warsash Maritime Centre.
John is a Master Mariner and served as a Marine Pilot in Namibia from 1994 – 1995. He is a Master of Business Administration and an Adjunct Professor in the University of Tasmania, a Freeman of the (UK) Honourable Company of Master Mariners and a Younger Brother of Trinity House.
John is married with 2 grown-up children who live in Australia.
Stella’s career has been spent working in healthcare. First in the NHS and then for the Royal College of Pathologists. As Director of Educational and Professional Standards she was responsible for postgraduate pathology training, examinations, assessments and continuing professional development. More recently, as Director of Professionalism her role expanded to include delivering research to influence national workforce planning, publishing accredited clinical guidelines, quality improvement and patient safety.
She designed and delivered pathology invited service reviews for NHS employers and implemented Disciplinary Regulations for her employer. Human factors were the common theme linking this to her patient safety and quality agenda. She has undertaken commissioned review work for the Care Quality Commission and an Independent Inquiry.
Her board experience includes membership of the Trustee Board and Council of the Royal College of Pathologists. She was a Trustee at a London Academy school between 2016-2019. She chaired the Business, Audit, Personnel and Finance Committee and sat on Independent Review Panels.
Stella has volunteered and worked at the Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust and is currently an elected Governor, representing the views and interests of patients to the Council.
Stella is a lay representative for Health Education England who are responsible for the quality of postgraduate medical and dental education. She advises and observes the quality assurance of recruitment and selection, Annual Reviews of Competence Progression Panels and appeals in the London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex regions.
She has a Degree in Biology, a Masters in Healthcare Education and Evaluation and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management. She recently returned to study beginning an MSc. course on Patient Safety and Clinical Human Factors at the University of Edinburgh.
Andrew joined the Royal Navy in 1978 as a seaman officer and initially specialised as a Fighter Controller. He served in this capacity in HMS COVENTRY from 1981 until the ship’s loss in May 1982, during the Falklands Conflict. Thereafter, Andrew’s naval career was largely sea-going as both a surface and anti-air warfare specialist in destroyers and aircraft carriers. His commands included: the fast patrol boat SNV AL FULK, while on loan to the Omani Navy during the later stages of the Iran-Iraq war; the Type 42 destroyer, HMS YORK, again in the Gulf and on counter-narcotics operations; and, the Type 22 frigate, HMS CHATHAM, leading NATO’s squadron in the Mediterranean and patrolling the Baltic.
He was staff trained at the Joint Services Defence College, Greenwich, and completed two appointments in the Ministry of Defence: the first in the Directorate of Naval Operations, and the second as the Secretary to the Chiefs of Staff Committee, covering the period of the 2003 Iraq war.
Andrew joined the Marine Accident Investigation Branch in January 2005 as a Principal Inspector in charge of one the Branch’s four investigation teams. He assumed the post of Deputy Chief Inspector in September 2010 and was appointed as the Branch’s Chief Inspector in October 2018.
Away from work, true to form, Andrew’s activities involve boating. He is an RYA Powerboat Trainer and Yachtmaster; a Younger Brethren of Trinity House, and the Chairman of Trustees for Southampton Sea Cadets.
Alastair was appointed Safety Director for NATS in April 2018 and is accountable for the provision and oversight of safety and human performance in NATS he also has the executive lead for drone integration within NATS.
Alastair is an engineer by background with over 30 years of experience in air traffic management with the vast majority of the time holding safety accountability across centre operations, airport operations and engineering. Prior to his current post, Alastair led the northern UK and north Atlantic operations and previously led NATS engagement with the European Commission on single European Sky Legislation.
He currently holds the Chairmanship of the United Nations International Civil Organisation (ICAO) North Atlantic implementation group and has held similar positions within Euro control.
Kirsten has over 25 years’ experience in both the operational and regulatory areas of aviation, including safety and risk management. She started her career with British Airways, as a station duty manager and dispatcher in Philadelphia, New York, Atlanta and London Heathrow before joining the UK Civil Aviation Authority in 2005. She headed up the Aerodrome and Air Traffic Standards Division, responsible for setting policy and providing effective, risk-based and proportionate oversight to aerodrome and ATS providers and their related activities.
Kirsten served as member of the ICAO Air Navigation Commission from 2015-2018, including as the First Vice President and the alternate Council Member for the United Kingdom on the ICAO Council. This enabled her to have a good appreciation and understanding of the inter-dependencies within the aviation system. Since her return she has been the Head of Strategic Relationships in the CAA’s International Group.
After completing an MA and professional training in Social Work in 1988, Liz spent five years working for Social Services and charities in the UK, before moving on to work in the international development and humanitarian sectors. Assignments have taken her to the Balkans, Caucasus, West and Central Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia Pacific. Liz has spent the bulk of her career serving in charity leadership roles, joining MapAction, a humanitarian data and mapping charity, in 2013 as its Chief Executive. During this period, Liz supported the evolution of MapAction’s technical services, enabling data driven decision making for partners.
Liz has served on several Boards as a Trustee promoting professional practice and grant making. Liz was awarded an OBE in 2021 for services to humanitarian crisis operations. She lives on the Mendips with her scruffy dog, Nell.
Stephanie started her career in aviation in 2004 working for bmi British Midland as a Customer Service Agent based at London Heathrow. After 3 years, she moved to the Flight Training Department based at the Stockley Park Training Centre working as the Flight Training Administrator and was responsible for the administration and organisation of cabin crew and flight crew training.
Stephanie joined CHIRP in May 2012 as the Administration and Cabin Crew Programme Manager. In October 2018, she was appointed as Company Secretary.
After returning from maternity leave in August 2021, the role of Cabin Crew Programme Manager was handed over to Jennifer Curran on a permanent basis.
Her principal responsibilities are the smooth running of the general and financial administration of CHIRP.
Alexandra started her career in aviation in 2006 working as longhaul cabin crew for British Airways, based at London Heathrow on a temporary basis. Following this, she transferred to London Gatwick in a permanent capacity where she operated both longhaul and shorthaul flights. She continued her role as cabin crew for the next 13 years.
In 2019, she moved from the air into a ground role in British Airways head office, working in the onboard product and service delivery team. Later that year, she moved into a similar role at London Gatwick, where she remained until going on maternity leave into 2019.
Alexandra will be covering the majority of finance and admin tasks normally completed by Stephanie Dykes, who will be taking maternity leave from CHIRP commencing in June 2023.
Steve is an ex-RAF fast-jet pilot who joined the RAF in September 1981 after graduating with a BSc(Hons) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Leeds University. He flew over 3500hrs in the RAF as a front-line pilot and Qualified Weapons Instructor (mostly in Harrier and Tornado aircraft), commanded the RAF’s ground-attack operational evaluation squadron, spent many years involved in campaign planning, command and control, and finally retired from the RAF as an Air Commodore in 2013, with his final role being to conduct a study that resulted in the establishment of the RAF’s Safety Centre.
As a civilian, Steve then moved into the Aviation Safety environment as Director of the UK Airprox Board (UKAB) where he led a jointly sponsored and co-funded Civil Aviation Authority/Military Aviation Authority team charged with assessing and reporting on near-mid-air collisions in the UK in order to help prevent future incidents and accidents. Steve became a member of the CHIRP GA and AT boards in 2013 on taking up the UKAB role and, on retiring from the UKAB, joined CHIRP as Director Aviation in April 2020. In his spare time, Steve has been a budding glider pilot in the recent past, and graduated with an MSc in Aviation Safety Management from City University, London in January 2019.
Jennifer began her career as cabin crew in 2004 at London Heathrow and has operated on a variety of short-haul and long-haul aircraft including B767, B757, A330 and A321/20/19.
Progressing to SCCM in 2007 she later took a secondment to the Safety Training Department and within that department held numerous roles including Safety Trainer, Quality Auditor and NVQ Assessor.
Over the last 16 years Jennifer has trained crew and/or operated with a number of airlines including bmi, Astreaus, Arkefly, Air Astana, Turkish Airlines, The RAF, ATrS and British Airways.
Jennifer joined CHIRP in 2020 to cover the role of Cabin Crew Programme Manager whilst Stephanie Dykes was on maternity leave and took over the role permanently in August 2021.
Rupert obtained his PPL in 1976. He is currently a qualified UAS pilot and Managing Director of Bridgeway Aerial Ltd., a UAS Operator that he co-founded in 2010. From 2003 to January 2017 he was the Managing Director and Accountable Manager of AirMed, an Oxford airport based fixed wing air ambulance operator. AirMed had a worldwide AOC, a Part M approval and an EASA 145 maintenance facility for its fleet of Learjet 35A and Piper Cheyenne turboprop aircraft. AirMed also had a TRTO for its turboprop aircraft.
Rupert is a Director of ARPAS UK, the professional UAS Operators non-profit trade association and sits on the CAA chaired NATMAC, FAC and the UAS stakeholders Committees, on behalf of ARPAS members.
Prior to 2003 Rupert spent 15 years in the Investment Banking business based in London and Paris. The majority of this period was spent with Swiss Bank Corporation prior to its merger with UBS. He worked across many disciplines including the debt, equity and advisory businesses.
In his spare time, Rupert competes in the occasional Triathlon. He lives in Oxfordshire with his wife Marie, where their two children Alec and Flavia regularly visit them from London. They all spend time in France as often as they can.
Rupert joined CHIRP as the Drone Programme Manager in September 2020. He is responsible for answering all drone and UAS reports.
Phil retired in December 2019 after 49 years in aircraft engineering. He started as an apprentice in manufacturing (Concorde, Brooklands). Worked at Heathrow twice, for a total of 27 years, firstly on corporate jets (Hawker Siddeley HS125) next, RB-211 engine overhaul, and with two international airlines, holding Certificate of Release to Service (CRS) for the B737 Classic under a UK CAA Section L converting to a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Licence.
During the second stint at Heathrow, He held CRS on the B777 and B747-Classic, under a foreign licence. For a season, Phil was on the Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) committee, for de-icing best practice. Phil worked at Farnborough, (HS-125 again), Then contracting in Kuala Lumpur, Subang, B737 Majors. Next contracting in Frankfurt, on Boeing and Airbus narrow and wide body casualty. He had three periods with a Maintenance Repair Organisation (MRO) at Lasham Hants, contracting then later Inspecting B737 Majors, which included short secondment to Southend and lastly as Quality Engineer, with a short secondment to RAF St Athan.
Finally, Phil changed to another MRO back at Farnborough, as a Quality Engineer again with Corporate jets; Hawker, Dassault & Bombardier, carrying out auditing at home and overseas, liaising with a great many Surveyors/National Aviation Authority (NAA) Inspectors of various nationalities, presenting Part 145 training, compiling and conducting examinations (both written and oral), authorisation issue and also Maintenance Error Decision Aid (MEDA) investigations, to mention but a handful of duties.
Phil joined CHIRP as the Engineering Programme Manager in October 2020. He will he responding to all engineering and ground handling & security reports.
Ernie Carter is a Ground Handling and Winter Operations Specialist, with significant experience working for British Airways & easyJet covering all aspects of airline, airport, and service provider operations. The last 12 years he has specifically specialised in all aspects of winter operations. He has developed and introduced numerous initiatives to improve safety and the overall operations at airports across the UK and Europe.
Adam has been a professional mariner all of his adult life and has gained significant experience of managing people, budgets and organisational change from a wide range of multi-disciplinary roles – both at sea and ashore – in the defence, private industry and the public sectors.
He joined the Royal Navy in 1988, initially as an Engineer officer where he gained Chartered Engineer status and held a sea-going role as Deputy Head of Department, but when appointed ashore into a teaching role, he swiftly transferred to the Operations (Warfare) branch to realise his ambition of spending more time at sea. This move was rewarded by his being appointed in command of HMS Grimsby and subsequently HMS Bangor as their Commanding Officer several years later.
Alongside his seagoing roles, Adam has also worked in the UK’s Joint Force Headquarters (where he visited 26 countries in 3 years on defence diplomacy and operational liaison visits, including working alongside the Iraqi Department of Defence and working with the United Nations in Sudan), has attended the Advanced Command and Staff Course and also worked in the Ministry of Defence, London.
In 2013 Adam decided to make the move ashore more permanent and, after a time-limited interim role as an engineer Project Manager for Babcock International, took up the post of Marine Officer and Harbour Master of Salcombe (a Local Authority port) from 2014.
In 2018 he took on the larger challenge of running Tor Bay Harbour which includes the enclosed ports of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham – England’s largest fishing port. In all of these roles, the identification of hazards, risks and their consequences (if not properly controlled) has been vital. He is thus very well placed to continue to build on the success of his predecessor in his role as CHIRP’s Director (Maritime).
Dave enjoyed a 28 year career at sea commencing in 1976 with a cadetship at Ellerman and City Liners, eventually obtaining his Master’s CoC with Panocean Anco in 1987. His last 12 years at sea were in command on a variety of ships including VLCC’s, Cape Size, Container ships, and General cargo feeder ships.
Dave worked for 30 years at the China Navigation Company Pte. Ltd (CNCo), spending the last 14 years in Hong Kong and Singapore as Fleet Safety Security and Environmental Manager and DPA before retiring from CNCo as Fleet Quality Assurance Manager and DPA. During this time, Dave’s team were awarded the Lloyds List Asia safety award and were finalists in the Lloyds List Global safety awards.
During his time in Hong Kong, Dave served on the Hong Kong Victoria pilot’s examination board, was a member of the Pilots’ Advisory Committee and was the Vice President of the Hong Kong Nautical Institute. In 1997 Dave obtained his Pilot’s licence for the port of Jebel Ali, Dubai.Aside from Dave’s position as Deputy Director with CHIRP Maritime, he is also the Networking and Communications Director for Befrienders Worldwide, a global emotional support organization.
After serving with the RFA, Alan joined the Swire Group and sailed with China Navigation and Swire Pacific Offshore. He then joined HK Salvage & Towage, where he spent 20 years as mariner, salvor and manager before founding his own consultancy in 2007. He is a founder member of the International Tugmasters Association, and served as Chairman from 2012 to 2015.
The Board of Trustees have agreed a Statement of Commitment at their meeting on 20 July 2022.
Equality , Diversity and Inclusion is at the core of a safe and just culture. CHIRP believes the best teams not only share common goals and values, but they also need a diverse set of skills, perspectives and experiences to truly succeed.
We therefore actively seek to engage diverse employees, trustees, members and supporters to promote inclusion and diversity. Doing so strengthens our ability to serve the aviation and maritime safety communities, drives innovation and growth, and enables us to attract and retain the talent required to strive for continuous safety improvement.
