Team: Advisory Board
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Simone Tao
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Simone started off her career in 2011 and opted for the modular route through Buckinghamshire New University. During the 3 year course she gained a Bachelor of Science Honours degree as well as gaining her PPL, CPL and ATPL licences. In 2015 Simone secured her first airline employment with Ryanair as a First Officer on…
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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…
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James Fiske
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James is a 30-year ‘veteran’ of the industry starting on modern sailing yachts in 1996 and ending up on the classic ‘Haida 1929’. After 15 years as Captain on all sorts from a 37m classic to 74m new build. James now runs his own consultancy company, Tillow Marine, providing owner representation and consultancy on all…
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Gabriella Cramer
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Gabriella’s experience in yachting includes working onboard in both interior and deck, then in a maritime law firm. With a Master’s in Maritime Law, she worked for yacht management for over seven years in vessel and crew compliance, including employment, and became a DPA/CSO. Now, she provides consulting, training, and auditing for the yachting industry…
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Giuseppe Corrado
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Giuseppe is a Master Mariner with two decades of experience across the maritime sector, including cruise, academia, and senior roles in superyacht safety and compliance. Over the past ten years he has worked with more than 100 yachts as DPA, bringing practical operational insight to CHIRP’s Advisory Board.
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Lisa Ruane
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Lisa has had a varied career in both retail management, retail recruitment and education. She started her aviation journey in September 2017 with Titan Airways. Her first role was as a cabin office administrator, which gave a great insight into the workings of the aviation industry learning the many acronyms and abbreviations. She now holds…
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Kirsten Riensema MSC, FRaeS
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Kirsten has over 30 years’ experience in the operational and regulatory areas of commercial aviation. She has been dedicated to implementing safety and risk management principles and has experience in implementing organisational change, with a specific passion to ensuring people are central to decisions and solutions. She is passionate about designing processes that recognise the…
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Alastair Burn
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Alastair started his career as a Propulsion Technician in the Royal Air Force serving 6 years on the Merlin helicopter. He spent the next 10 years working with civil VIP helicopters at Blackbushe, Stanstead and Denham gaining his B1.3 and C licence, alongside an Aircraft Engineering Degree and Aviation Maintenance Management Post Graduate Diploma. Alastair…
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Chris Whittington
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Chris has been a professional helicopter pilot for over 20 years. Beginning as a Sea King Mk 5 pilot in the Fleet Air Arm, he conducted Search and Rescue operations for 771NAS in Cornwall. Moving on to the Sea King Mk7, numerous deployments to Afghanistan and the Gulf followed, including a period as an embarked…
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Glen Watson
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Glen started his aviation journey alongside his science teaching career in 2011, completing his PPL(A) followed shortly after by a CPL(A) and instructor rating. In 2017, realising the pull of aviation was too great, Glen was successful in being selected by NATS as an Air Traffic Controller cadet and completed his training in Aerodrome &…
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Grant Meekey
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Grant has 35 years of Military and Civil Aerospace experience and trained as a pilot & rear-crew; rotary & fixed-wing. He developed aviation human potential in some of the world’s most isolated areas in operations and training to a broad spectrum of civil and military aviation professionals. Grant is chair of an independent aviation technical…