Chartered Arbitrator, Accredited Mediator and Accredited Expert Determiner (Arbitrating since 1983)

Master Mariner (1982)
Former practising Solicitor (1979-2003) (qualification lapsed in 2004)

Fellow of the Nautical Institute, the Energy Institute, the Royal Meteorological Society, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Royal Institute of Navigation.

Member of the Baltic Exchange, the British Maritime Law Association and the Academy of Experts.

Career History:

1963 - 1976 - Worldwide sea-going service on tankers, bulk carriers, refrigerated and dry cargo vessels. Passenger Hovercraft Navigator (SRN4)

1977 - 2003 - Marine litigation solicitor

1986 - 1990 - Full Member of the LMAA

1988 - 1992 - Consultant to IMO and visiting lecturer World Maritime University

1989 - 2009 - Consultant to BNFL plc (British Nuclear Fuels) and International Nuclear Services (INS)

2001 - 2010 - Safety Consultant to Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (PNTL) and delegate to Informal Tanker Operators Safety Forum (ITOSF)

2003 to date - Full Member LMAA (Committee Member 2009 - 2013 and 2017 - 2019)