Team: Maritime

  • James Foong

    James Foong

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    James Foong is a Malaysian Master Mariner with extensive command-level experience on internationally trading vessels and multicultural crews. He holds an MBA (UK) and is pursuing doctoral research in maritime management, focusing on safety leadership and the human element. A Fellow of the Nautical Institute, the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport, and the Chartered…

  • Gordon Meadow
  • Olly Alexander
  • Captain Nitin Kochhar

    Captain Nitin Kochhar

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    Maritime QHSSE & Sustainability Leader driving safety and operational excellence across global shipping.

  • Aseem Hashmi
  • Caroline Jupe
  • Voirrey Blount
  • James Stride

    James Stride

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    James Stride joined the Port of London Authority (PLA) as Chief Harbour Master in 2023 with over 30 years’ experience working in the maritime sector. He was previously at Carnival Corporation and plc’s maritime team from 2015, where he undertook a number of operational support, maritime governance and leadership roles in both Southampton and Hamburg.…

  • Deborah Sims

    Deborah Sims

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    Deborah Sims is a specialist in leadership and human performance with over 25 years of experience in military aviation and behavioural training. Her career began with a 16-year commission in the Royal Navy as a Warfare Officer, where she developed a deep understanding of operational aviation and the human factors that underpin safe and effective…

  • Commander Nik Lucocq 
  • Captain Don Cockrill MBE

    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…

  • Nick Hough

    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…