Practised at the Bar 1978-1980
Head of Legal at bunker fuel supplier Tramp Oil & Marine - 1984-2006
Part-time Chief Executive of IBIA (International Bunker Industry Association) 2011-2013
Arbitrating and mediating since 2002

Other career experience includes working for a P&I club, a firm of marine consultants, general counsel to an IT company and commercial consultant to a multi-national engineering and process control manufacturer.

Arbitration and mediation experience includes charterparty disputes, bunker disputes and GA and piracy cases; particularly interested in technical problems.

Memberships:
LMAA Full Member
SCMA (Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration) Panel of Arbitrators
The Bar of England and Wales
The Baltic Exchange
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)
CEDR (Centre for Dispute Resolution) accredited mediator
The Baltic Exchange-LMAA Mediator Panel

Director of IBIA (International Bunker Industry Association)

Publications and Teaching:
Legal Issues in Bunkering - an Introduction to the Law Relating to the Sale and Use of Marine Fuels, published 2011
Course Director for the LMA Certificate in Marine Claims
Recent masterclasses in Singapore and Hong Kong have covered arbitration, mediation, bunker disputes and marine claims.