Experience

Marine Scotland

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marine Licensing Group Leader

  • May 2021 - Present

  Marine Scotland - Licensing Operations Team (MS-LOT) is responsible for regulating licensable marine activities in the Scottish inshore and offshore regions. We determine marine licence applications for activities such as marine construction, dredging and sea deposit of dredge material, deposit of moorings, pontoons and marine farms and construction of subsea cables. Additionally, we process several Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) project applications every year. As the Marine Licensing Group Leader I lead a team responsible for determining over 400 marine, European Protected Species and basking shark licence applications every year. I also oversee the granting of regulatory approval for several major (EIA scale) projects every year. Show less



Scottish Government - Marine Scotland

• Aberdeen

• Marine Licensing Casework Manager

  • Nov 2018 - May 2021

  Marine Scotland Licensing Operations Team (MS-LOT) is responsible for regulating licensable marine activities in Scottish waters. We determine marine licence applications for activities such as marine construction, dredging and sea deposit of dredge material, deposit of moorings, pontoons and marine farms and construction of subsea cables. Additionally, we process several Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) project applications every year. My role as a Casework Manager includes overseeing the determination of over 400 marine, European Protected Species and basking shark licence applications every year and managing the licensing and post-determination processes of several major (EIA scale) projects. Show less



University of Aberdeen

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Mar 2017 - Nov 2018



Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute

• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Internship

  • 2011 - 2011

  Radio telemetry, Passive Intergrated Transponder (PIT), Dual-Frequency Indentification Sonar (DIDSON) and underwater video counts and monitoring of Atlantic salmon and brown trout, Atlantic salmon parr and smolt electrofishing Radio telemetry, Passive Intergrated Transponder (PIT), Dual-Frequency Indentification Sonar (DIDSON) and underwater video counts and monitoring of Atlantic salmon and brown trout, Atlantic salmon parr and smolt electrofishing