Experience

Novellus Solutions Limited

• Founder

  • May 2019 - Present

  I am a Principal Specialist in management systems and human factors. With more than two decades of exposure within the maritime, oil and gas sector I have accumulated a career capital that spans across hands on operations, academic research, consultancy and certification and regulation in the maritime, oil and gas sector. I regularly deliver keynotes, motivational speeches and workshops to thought leaders and forward thinking organisations across the world on the topics of learning from accidents, organisational learning and safety management. Please visit our website https://novellus.solutions/ Show less



DNV GL

• Norway
• Oil & Energy
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal Specialist, Safety Management System (Part-time)

  • Dec 2015 - Apr 2019

  Key interests:Public SafetySafety Management SystemAccident Investigation and Analysis Risk ManagementHuman Factors in the Maritime and Offshore SectorPublic SpeakingLinking theory with practice

• Principal Surveyor / Safety Management System Specialist

  • Apr 2015 - Dec 2015

  Key interestsPublic SafetyRisk, resilience and safetySystems SafetySocio-technical systemsOffshore Safety Management SystemsMaritime Safety Management SystemsOrganisational PsychologyDynamic Risk AssessmentLinking concepts and theories (of safety) with practice

• Senior Surveyor / Management Systems Auditor

  • Jan 2012 - Mar 2015

  Main interests:Safety Management Systems (Offshore and Maritime)Systems SafetyPublic SafetyTheories and models of accident investigationTheories and models of dynamic risk assessmentLinking concepts and theories (of safety) with practice



The University of Nottingham

• Veterinary Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Fellow

  • Oct 2010 - Dec 2011

  A multi-disciplinary research project aimed at examining the risk and resilience of UK seaports; an EPSRC funded project Key specializations Critical infrastructure protection Stakeholder Management Port policies and management Disaster and incidents analysis Qualitative data analysis Risk perception Scenario thinking A multi-disciplinary research project aimed at examining the risk and resilience of UK seaports; an EPSRC funded project Key specializations Critical infrastructure protection Stakeholder Management Port policies and management Disaster and incidents analysis Qualitative data analysis Risk perception Scenario thinking



Cardiff University

• United Kingdom

• PhD SIRC-Nippon Foundation Fellowship

  • Sep 2007 - Oct 2010

  Examining the implications of new technologies for knowledge, skills and professionalism in the maritime sector: A project funded by the Nippon Foundation of Japan Examining the implications of new technologies for knowledge, skills and professionalism in the maritime sector: A project funded by the Nippon Foundation of Japan


A.P. Moller - Maersk Group
• India
• Consumer Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Deck Officer

  • Jan 1995 - Mar 2006