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In 1994 he was responsible for the formation of Global Environmental and Ocean Sciences (GEOS). GEOS was subsequently acquired by the Fugro Group in 1996. He continued to be responsible for the overall direction of the business which grew to become a world leader in the provision of oceanographic and marine meteorological services.
In 2000 he initiated the formation of Ocean Numerics, a joint venture company specialising in the emerging practical application of ocean hindcasting and forecasting.
Having achieved his goal of developing the leading provider of commercial metocean services he left the Fugro Group in mid 2005 in order to be able to widen his scientific and technical involvement in operational oceanography.
He continues to chair Ocean Numerics and is working at Board level with a number of specialist marine science and technology businesses in the UK and overseas. He currently serves as a non-executive director of Ocean Scientific Limited and Sonardyne International Limited.
Since leaving Fugro he has substantially increased his involvement in helping to advance the development of global operational oceanography. He serves on the scientific steering committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), and various committees of the Group on Earth Observation and the European Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative. He also contributes to fostering the interface between science and industry as chair of the IMarEST Marine Information Alliance and as a member of the Executive Council of the Association of Marine Scientific Industries.
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