Team: Advisory Board
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Alex Jones
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Alex is a qualified Master 3000 and is currently serving as Chief Officer onboard a 90m yacht. He has extensive experience having started as a deckhand and worked his way up over the past 10 + years, and can assist the team in bringing an insight into some of the activities and more yacht specific…
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Chris Andreason
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Chris started his now 40 year maritime career in the Royal Navy where he first spent more than ten years, before moving into the world of vessel trials as Navigator and subsequently Trials Master for a UK shipyard. He started his career on Superyachts in the mid nineties as Chief Mate before becoming Master, and…
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Will Godwin
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Having flown commercially for 12 years, Will is currently a 737 Captain based at BHX with Jet2.com. He is also an Army Reservist and in that role has worked in Flight Safety and Human Factors training.
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Scott Hadden
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Scott was born in Fife, Scotland in 1973 and from a very early age wanted to become a commercial pilot. However, after years of commitment to that path (he started flying at the age of 12), Scott made the difficult decision in 2001 not to pursue a flying career due to the post 9/11 employment landscape…
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Captain Don Cockrill MBE
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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…
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Nick Hough
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Nick supports the work of the IMCA Health, Safety, Security & Environment (HSSE) Committee. He holds a NEBOSH General Certificate in occupational safety and health and is responsible for all IMCA Safety Flashes and safety statistics, and for supporting the development of safety promotional material and guidance. Before joining IMCA in January 2005, Nick had…
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Cor Blonk
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With a background as safety and fire safety expert, Cor Blonk started his career in the fishing industry 20 years ago in the position of Secretary of Labour Affairs of the Dutch Pelagic Shipowners Association of high sea fisheries and the Pelagic Freezer-trawler Association, a European pelagic shipowners association. In his profession, Cor is involved…
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Captain Hywel Jones Pugh MNI
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Joined the Port of London as a trainee Pilot in Sept 1999, Authorised in February 2000. Prior to coming ashore worked as a Captain/Offshore Installation Manager on a Flotel North Sea and Gulf of Mexico. My day job involves Piloting the largest vessels into the port and in the summer of 2020 Piloted the then…
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Matt Bowden
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As a Company Director and the General Manager at Red Penguin Marine, Matt delivers the effective, smooth running of the Red Penguin Marine group, its projects and engagement across the global subsea sector. Recently he has been involved in advice on global subsea telecommunications cables and interconnectors, and the first US Offshore Wind project in…
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Captain John Wright
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As a ship’s master and marine superintendent, he has first-hand experience of dealing with the adverse consequences of fatal accidents. He understands the importance of having an inclusive, proactive and company-wide safety culture, which more than fulfils the needs of retrospective legislation. His passion for safety is equalled by his desire for inclusive working practices…