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Experts/Consultants A SHORT CV OF DR. ALEKA SHEPPARD [LLB (1st Hon. Athens University), LLM (shipping law, UCL), PhD (organisational behaviour, KCL)] A dually qualified Lawyer (England and Greece), Risk Management Advisor, Visiting Professor (University College London), Accredited Mediator. Dr Sheppard has over 28 years experience in the maritime industry. She has worked in the commercial sector (ship owners’ P & I club, insurance brokers) and has practised litigation and arbitration of maritime disputes with two major shipping law firms in the City of London. She has taught maritime law including insurance, regulations and policy, to international lawyers studying for the LLM degree at the University of London. She established the Shipping Law Unit at University College London in 1993 and headed the Unit until 2006. Having pioneered risk management education in the shipping industry, she is now focusing on in-house training of companies’ personnel with particular emphasis on safety management systems and the law. She writes on these subjects and speaks at conferences. Dr Sheppard is the Founder and Executive Director of ORA Maritime Risk Management Ltd, established in 1998, www.ora-mrm.com. She has been involved in education and training of personnel of shipping companies in the management of risks and in reviewing safety management systems to ensure proper compliance with regulations. Blending her knowledge of law, commercial practice in shipping and organisational behaviour, she performs optimum risk assessment (ORA) with experts in technical and safety matters. She believes that a change in attitude, the implementation of training for effective communication, and a multidisciplinary approach to the management of risks, are paramount for the minimisation of losses brought about, in particular, by human errors. She is also the Founding Director of the London Shipping Law Centre (LSLC), www.london-shipping-law.com. Through the Centre, she has promoted education in the practice of shipping risk management as well as training in mediation skills for dispute resolution. She is the author of numerous articles on maritime law, risk management, the ISM Code and liabilities, aspects of organisational behaviour and of a text book on 'Modern Admiralty Law and risk management’ 2001, the 2nd edition of which is expected in July 2007. A SHORT CV OF CPT. ANDREW MITCHELL CAREER SUMMARY Served with Shell Tankers as a Deck Officer in all ranks for 19 years on many classes of tankers and gas carriers; Transferred to offshore installation management in the North Sea with Shell Exploration and Production; Moved into the onshore operations with subsequent management experience in the company’s department for Health, Safety & the Environment (HSE). Left Shell to establish a risk management consultancy in Aberdeen working with companies in the design and implementation of integrated management systems in compliance with ISO 9002, ISM Code, other relevant legislation and industry standards covering health, safety and the environment; Undertook management system audits in compliance with international standards; Developed strategic plans for company management in relation to HSE plans. The company was acquired by Lloyd’s Register in 1993 and he moved to London assuming corporate responsibility for the policy, standards and procedures associated with the delivery of management system certification services to marine and inter-modal clients related to the ISM and ISPS Codes, ISO and industry standards and latterly the ILO 2006 Convention. He was responsible for the LR and UK input into the development of the Inter-modal Security Management Standards ISO 28000 and 28001. Represented Lloyd’s Register to IACS, ISMA and CEFIC; Represented IACS to IMO, ILO, ICS and numerous other governmental and industry bodies; Has been past Chairman of the IACS working groups on the ISM Code and Maritime Security; Presently he is a Member of the MCA Human Element Action Group. He chairs and speaks at many international venues. Captain Mitchell retired from Lloyd’s Register in 2006 and now acts as a marine consultant in matters involving the ISM, the ISPS, quality systems and audits. He has been involved as an Expert Witness to European Courts on the ISM Code, as well as in developing new tools associated with the Human Element in management systems and with other diverse marine consultancy projects. QUALIFICATIONS British Master (Foreign Going) Member of the Nautical Institute S.M. Allum BSc. (Hons) MSc. C.Eng. MIRM MEI Steve has almost 30 years experience gained in the Marine & Energy sectors. He has worked in research & development with BP, working on projects as diverse as biofuels, tanker propulsion and combustion technology. It was in the latter where his work contributed to the team winning the McRobert Award; the ‘Nobel Prize’ of the engineering world. Steve also spent time commissioning offshore North Sea platforms and in the commercial side of BP. In 1989, he joined a team to begin the analysis and assessment of both insurable and uninsurable risk in BP, and later trained in Safety Management Systems, and completed a MSc. in Process Safety & Loss Control in 1992, majoring in the assessment of risk. Steve moved to the insurance industry in 1991 to provide expertise in Quantified Risk Assessment and joined the management consultancy team of Aon Risk Consultants, working with clients to identify and solve strategic, project and compliance risk issues, including guidance and support technology for Enterprise Risk and Corporate Governance. Over the last eight years, Steve has been closely involved with Aon’s Global Practices, first as Manager of the Natural Resources Practice, and latterly as Chairman of the Marine Practice. During that time, he became known for his innovative approach to risk management. Steve now acts as an independent consultant, providing analysis and unbiased advice to clients on a wide range of risk and uncertainty topics. ORA-MRM has access to, and works closely with, other experts when it is required for its clients’ specific needs Consultants on the Board COMMODORE N.D. SQUIRE CBE, FNI, FCMI Commodore David Squire is a Master Mariner and experienced senior manager. He retired from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service (RFA) – the Ministry of Defence owned civilian manned fleet, working in support of the Royal Navy - in March 1999, after a long and distinguished career, which has spanned over 35 years and included a wide range of demanding appointments at sea and ashore, culminating in a 5 year appointment as Commodore and Chief Executive of the RFA. Since his retirement from the RFA, he has remained active in the maritime world, through his membership of the UK Safety of Navigation Committee; as a member of the Papers and Technical Committee of the Nautical Institute; as a member of the Operations Committee of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI); and as a Trinity House Navigational Examiner. He was a Nautical Assessor to the Marchioness/Bowbelle Formal Investigation, in 2001. He has published two major papers on safety of navigation issues, namely:
He is the editor Alert!, the award-winning International Maritime Human Element Bulletin; the editor of the Journal of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners; and Secretary to the Marine Accident Investigators’ International Forum. As an Elder Brother of Trinity House he is a Trustee of the Corporate Board and an Assistant to the Court; and Director of the Trinity House Merchant Navy Scholarship Scheme. David Squire was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours List. He is a Fellow of the Nautical Institute, a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, a Freeman of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners, a Justice of the Peace, a past President of the Anchorites (2004) and a Rotarian. He is a Trustee of the Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel. ANTONY NUNN OBE Antony Nunn OBE has been a marine underwriter for many years. Career Market activities
On retirement, he was appointed as Government and International Affairs Adviser to ILU. He has been the Liaison Officer to the International Maritime Organization for the International Union of Marine Insurance since 1998. Currently, he is a Steering Committee member of the London Shipping Law Centre and of the International Maritime Industries Forum (IMIF), member of the London Committee of ABS, and Adviser to the Committee of Seafarers Int. Research Cardiff.
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