Engine as a Weapon XI

RAdm (rtd) JJ Bailey FIMarEST

Rear Admiral Jeremy Bailey retired in 2025 after over 30 years in the Royal Navy.  A Surface Ship Marine Engineer, his operational service saw him deployed in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Middle East on National, UN and multinational operations.  Ashore he served in joint and single service staff positions in future capability, technology development, sustainability delivery, Naval Strategy and training delivery.  He served as Naval Base Commander in Portsmouth, Commandant of the Defence College of Technical Training and most recently Director Submarine Support in the Submarine Delivery Agency.  He is currently working with Hawkrose, First Marine International  and Haskoning on complex programmes, harnessing digital tools and knowledge to optimise the Maritime and wider Defence business.  He has been a member of the IMarEST since 1992 and a Fellow since 2021, chaired the International Naval Engineering Conference in 2024 and is a member of the Institute’s Technical Leadership Council amongst other Trustee roles.

Commander Richard Hudson

Chair

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Cdre Paul Flos

Program Director International Naval Materiel Cooperation, Dutch Ministry of Defence

Captain Nitin Agarwala

Senior Fellow, Centre for Joint Warfare Studies

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Julia Alvarez Mari

Principal Engineer (Marine Systems), Babcock International Group

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Lars Appelstroem

ABB

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David Barton

Sales Manager – Coast Guard & Navy, ABB Marine

15 years of experience within the Marine & Port industries with a degree in Maritime Business & Management.

Having started out working for Babcock International Group, he has developed his career through a variety of sectors including Naval & Commercial Marine,  Oil and Gas Support and Port development.

Now at ABB Marine, David is responsible for Coast Guard & Navy sector system sales and is focused on sustainable ships and the capability advantages they bring.  Key interests on future trends of electric propulsion, DC distribution and alternative energy sources.

Dr Thomas Beard Ph.D CEng MIMechE MIMarEST

Clean Shipping Service Lead, Principal Marine Engineer, BMT

Dr. Thomas Beard is a chartered engineer and the clean maritime lead at BMT. He has a PhD in Hydrogen Safety from Loughborough University and has over a decade of experience in alternative fuels. He is a member of several industry working groups and academic advisory boards. He has published and presented numerous papers on the topic of alternative fuels for maritime and naval platforms.

Nicholas Bellamy

SSS Gears

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Tania Berry MIMarEST

Electrical Capability Leader, BMT

Tania Berry is an electrotechnical expert in her field, with over 25 years’ experience in the maritime industry. With operator (Royal Navy), Class and design experience, she provides robust electrical engineering solutions that enhance the safety and operability of maritime operations. As BMTs Electrical Capability Lead, Tania collaborates closely with cross-functional teams, working towards aligning the electrical capabilities with strategic objectives, thus fostering innovation and excellence. Tania holds an MSc in Systems Engineering Management from the University of Strathclyde.

Bill Biggs

Strategic consultant, QinetiQ

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John Buckingham

Chief Mechanical Engineer, BMT

John Buckingham is the Chief Mechanical Engineer at BMT. A Fellow of the IMechE, he has over 39 years’ experience in marine engineering systems design.  He has designed and analysed hybrid power and propulsion systems for naval and commercial vessels and is currently involved with the modelling and analysis of marine energy saving technologies, and how they can improve energy efficiency indices.  He has been the technical lead for a wide range of technology studies and concept development work, specifically on studies relating to energy saving technologies and heat management systems.  He is currently looking at how absorption chiller plant can benefit the efficiency of ships’ air conditioning systems.

Morgan Colbeck

Weapons Engineer Officer, Royal Navy

Dr Andrea Coraddu

Associate Professor, TU Delft

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Tamsin Dawe

Babcock International Group

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Tom Flint

Senior Engineering Consultant, BMT

Tom is an Obsolescence Consultant working with MOD programmes developing the plans and practices for managing obsolescence. A former Weapon Engineer in the Royal Navy, serving primarily on Type 23 Frigates all over the world. His experience is predominantly with systems engineering and enjoys building his understanding of military systems and their integration. Out of work he lives on the south coast of the UK and spends his spare time dinghy sailing and cycling.

Captain Rinze Geertsma FIMarEST

iSCSS Chair, TU Delft and NLDA

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Robbie Glachan

Noise and Vibration Engineer, QinetiQ

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Steve Goor

Principal Marine Engineer, Babcock International Group

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Aseem Gosain

Founder & CEO, Vidyutm Mobility

A dynamic personality with a go-getter attitude, Aseem is a Gold Medalist alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, Class of 2018 (BTech in Electrical Engineering and MTech in Power Electronics).

At college, he had been involved in several projects to further his knowledge and satiate his apetite for technology. He has worked on a wide spectrum of things from power electronic circuit design and implementation to embedded system/computer programming and AI/fuzzy controllers to leading the practical implementation of a retrofitted electric van through system integration. 

He has always been a keen observer of the problems around him and has continually attempted to provide practical solutions by putting his skills and intuition to work. His latest concern is the noxious miasma that air in many major cities has become. Bent on ameliorating this problem, he founded Vidyutm Mobility in the choked air of New Delhi, which is envisioned to be a key solution provider for electric vehicles to facilitate their faster adoption.

Aseem has formed the technical backbone for Vidyutm with his vertically specialized exposure to current developments in power electronics and an acumen for innovation, and as CEO, he is responsible for developing the vision and technical build strategy/designs for the product portfolio at Vidyutm.

He is a staunch believer of sustainable progress through thoughtful research, increased automation and excogitated design. His thesis is that technology and innovation through R&D, indigenous design and manufacturing and intellectual property generation are the steadfast pillars that will support India's self reliance and the "Make In India" initiative.

With Aseem at its helm, Vidyutm shall provide womb to tomb solutions for transforming Indian mobility.

Tamsyn Hills

Graduate Marine Engineer, BMT

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Jonathan L Maas

AI Consultant, Jonathan L Maas, CGI Netherlands BV

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Youri Linden

Senior System Engineer, Material and IT Command Netherlands

Youri Linden has a diverse background in maritime engineering and system automation. Since 2021, he has served as a Senior System Engineer Automation at the Netherlands Material and IT Command, where he identifies software requirements aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and crew support. Prior to his current role, Youri spent three years as the Head of the Marine- and Weapons Engineering Department aboard the Air Defense and Command Frigate HNLMS De Ruyter. He holds a Master's degree from Delft University of Technology, with his thesis focusing on NO-emission prediction in diesel engines.

Dr Eshan Rajabally

Maritime Autonomy Technology Lead, BMT

Eshan Rajabally is the Maritime Autonomy Technology Lead at BMT. Here he acts as authority on autonomy enabling technologies, identifying and seeding related BMT consultancy and other service offerings. Eshan is a chartered engineer with over twenty years of experience in research and innovation, technology development, and demonstrator prototyping.

Commodore Rakesh Rana

Indian Navy Veteran

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Joshua Riley

Senior AI Research Specialist, BMT

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Janne Roivainen

Senior Principal Engineer, ABB Marine

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Tuomas Sipilä

Senior R/D Engineer, Hydrodynamics, ABB Marine

Tuomas Sipilä was born in in Turku, Finland, in 1978. He received his M.Sc. degree in technology and the Licentiate of technology degree from Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland, in 2004 and 2012, respectively.

He worked at VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, Espoo from 2004 to 2020 focusing on ship propeller hydrodynamics and underwater noise and acted as a team lead in ship and arctic technology research team. At 2020, he started working at ABB Marine and Ports and is focusing on hydrodynamics and underwater noise.

Bart-Peter Smit

Business Consultant, CGI Netherlands BV

Bart-Peter is a Situational Awareness and decision support specialist at CGI Netherlands, and has been involved with the Royal Netherlands Navy for over 4 years. He has an innovative drive and seeks to bring agility and precision to critical decisions taken aboard navy vessels, using Human Factors, traditional IT and AI.

Dale Smith

Noise & Vibration Engineer, QinetiQ

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Nicholas Smith

Executive: Global Systems Product and Technology Leader, GE Power Conversion

Responsible for proposing, developing, and executing Advanced System and Product Solutions, as well as managing system NPIs to support system offerings.

Nick has more than 30 years’ technical leadership experience with the Marine & Power Conversion Business, including more than 25 years in commercial, offshore and Military Marine solutions. 

Responsible for the Design, build and setting to work of Many Naval Power and Propulsion Systems including Type 23 Frigates, Type 45 Destroyers, Albion Class LPDs, Zumwalt Class Destroyers, the Electric Ship Technology Demonstrator, and the Queen Elizabeth Class Power System, as well as numerous commercial marine platforms.

Has also spent significant periods of time in Mining Systems, and in Power Electronics and system engineering for onshore and offshore wind applications around the world.

He has significant experience of customer technical solution development, project execution, site work, commissioning and after sales support, both onshore and offshore, in Africa, Asia, US and Europe.  Nick has also held significant technical leadership roles in volume power electronics manufacturing and global software production.

Nick has an Honours degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, sits on the Lloyds Register Technical Committee for Naval and Offshore, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering & Technology

Rebecca Stanley CEng CMarEng MIMarEST

Sales Account Manager - Industry II, BMT

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Andrew Vanner

Principal Electrical Engineer, Babcock International Group

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Jasper Vollbrandt

Researcher, TU Delft and NLDA

Jasper Vollbrandt is currently working on his PhD thesis at the department of Maritime and Transport Technology at the Delft University of Technology and the Netherlands Defence Academy of the Dutch Ministry of Defence. His research focuses on dynamic performance of marine internal combustion engines running on natural gas and methanol. After receiving a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Delft University of Technology he worked at the Dutch Ministry of Defence, Command Material and IT, gaining experience in the design and simulation of naval propulsion systems. Before returning to the Delft University of Technology, he fulfilled the role of project engineer hydraulics at Netherlands largest steel mill TATA Steel and was mainly involved in the revamp of the cold mill plant.

John Voyce OBE

Halo Programme Director, GE Vernova

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Euan Wells

Noise & Vibration Engineer, QinetiQ

Euan Wells is a noise and vibrations engineer working in Rosyth for QinetiQ.

With a degree from Heriot-Watt university in electrical and electronic engineering, Euan worked down in Farnborough for 2 years as part of a graduate scheme with QinetiQ covering roles such as battery experimentation, military experimentation and advanced stealth materials.

Gerard Wiegersma

Marine Engineer, Command Materiel and IT

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