Team: Advisory Board
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Andrew Bell
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Senior Business Development Manager – Maritime Surveys, BMT Andrew joined BMT in 2023 and works with their Marine Incident Investigations, Surveys and Consultancy team. He previously spent seven years with a leading international law firm conducting casualty investigations and providing technical advice across the marine and international trade practice. He also spent six years with…
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Captain Dennis Barber
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Consultancy in Marine related projects including Navigation risk including ships, harbours and offshore energy installations, Shipboard Operational Risk and Accident and Incident Investigations. Providing Technical Advice to the Parliamentary Select Committee, Legal Practices including in court (Expert Witness) and IMO Technical Committees. Regulatory Ship Inspections for Bahamas Maritime Authority. Investigations of Marine Accidents and Incidents…
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David Appleton
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David joined Nautilus International in 2013 having previously worked as third officer for Princess Cruises and Deck Cadet for Maersk Line. He holds a BSc in Maritime Studies (Merchant Shipping) from the University of Plymouth and an OOW Unlimited ticket.
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Lt Cdr David Carter MNM
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Captain David Carter MN joined Shell Tankers (U.K.) Ltd as Deck Cadet in 1980, gained his Master’s certificate in 1992, command in 1998 and continued with Shell as Master until 2012. During his last four years with Shell he was lead master of the Qatar Gas LNG fleet, having stood by, delivered and performed the…
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Commander Gavin Marshall RN
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A Chartered Marine Engineer, Gavin is currently the Head of the Operating Safety Group with responsibility for the day to day safety management of the Royal Navy’s surface ships. Having served in the RN for 17 years he has fulfilled a range of roles including Chief Engineer (MEO) at sea, operability engineer for the new…
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Captain George Capon
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George started his flying career in 1976, joining the Air Training Corps and Commanding a VGS for 12 years, initially learning to fly at Southend, he obtained his ATPL ,latterly flying as a Captain on the A340 and A330. Never forgetting the grass roots of aviation he has continuously held CAA and FAA instructor single…
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Captain Chris Hanson
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Chris has been flying professionally since 1985 and has worked in a management role in British Airways since 2004. In the Royal Air Force, he flew, and trained pilots, on the Hawk and Tornado F3. In British Airways he has gained type ratings on the Boeing 737, 757, 767,777 and 787, he also has instructor ratings and…
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Air Cdre Dai Whittingham FRAeS
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Independent Dai Whittingham joined the RAF as a pilot in 1974. He flew Phantoms in the Air Defence fighter role and served as a flying instructor on the Jet Provost. He has commanded an E-3D AWACS squadron and the main operating base of RAF Waddington. A graduate of the Royal College of Defence Studies, he deployed in…
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Rob Buckley
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Rob was elected in 2011 as secretary of the UK Large Model Association (LMA), and since 2015 has worked with the UK DfT, CAA and the other UK model flying associations to steer and define the national implementation of model flying regulation under the EASA unmanned aircraft rules. He also sits on several CAA working…
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Andrew Young
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As a career change and following some travelling, in the early 2000s I threw myself and all the resources I had into retraining as a Helicopter Pilot. I was lucky enough to get an Instructor job straight away and have been busy ever since working on-shore. I now hold CPL, FI, FE on Robinsons, Bell…
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Dr. Michael Trudgill
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Dr Michael Trudgill MSc MB BCh MFOM MRCGP DAvMed DipIMC RCS(Ed) FAsMA FRAeS Michael is the Civil Aviation Authority Chief Medical Officer and joined the organisation in 2017. He previously held senior positions as an MOD Civil servant at the RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine prior to which he was a British Senior Medical Officer…
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Captain Mike Thrower
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College of Air Training 1974-1976 British Caledonian Airways 1976-1988 – flying BAC 1-11, B707, DC10 British Airways 1988-current – flying B747-400, B777, B787 TRE/TRI since 1992 BALPA Study Rep 2010- current