GUE Instructor resumé

Professional

• I am an Officer in the Royal Navy with experience of the submarine service and capability acquisition roles. Outside of this I am a passionate project diver and GUE instructor.

Education

• BEng(Hons) (2004) Electrical Engineering.
• MA (2020) Defence Studies.
• Currently completing an MSc in Marine Science with Heriot Watt University.

Diving Qualifications

• GUE Cave 2 and CCR 2.
• GUE Recreational and Fundamentals Instructor.
• PADI Divemaster.

Diving Experience

• Diving since 1997 completing a mixture of recreational, technical, cave and under ice dives. My passion is project diving, in particular on conservation or scientific diving projects.

Community Involvement

• Project Baseline Board of Directors.
• Project Baseline UK Trustee and project diver.
• Project Diver - LST project, Lyme Bay, Dorset, UK.
• Project Diver - Project Baseline Sardinia.
• Project Diver for Project Baseline Sardinia.
• Ghost Fishing UK Training Officer.
• Project Baseline Sardinia project diver.

Special interests

• I have a passion for project diving, especially with a focus on marine conservation efforts. The highlight to date being a high profile collaborative project between Project Baseline and the Blue Marine Foundation.
• Outside of diving I keep fit through middle and long distance endurance events.

Publications

• Quest Vol 16, No4 - Portland Harbour Wreck Project.
• Quest Vol 18, No1 - Becoming a GUE Instructor.
• Quest Vol 19, No2 - Exploring Scotland.
• Scuba Diver 101 - Seagrass Saviours.
• InDepth article on Dive for Antibiotics project - https://gue.com/blog/data-diving-for-antibiotics/

Additional languages

• English