Del Redvers

Sustainability Director, BMT

Del is BMT’s Global Sustainability Director with nearly three decades of professional experience across different aspects of sustainability from cities to oceans, from shipping to energy and from global mega-corporations to small NGOs. He’s a TEDx speaker and passionate about the need for purpose driven businesses and working across sectors to deliver change.

Del also chairs the board of Changeworks, one of the UK’s leading social enterprises and independent environmental charities that applies innovation to programme delivery at scale to achieve net zero.

Sue Harland

Course Leader, Maritime Operations, Warsash Maritime School, Southampton Solent University

Sue joined the maritime industry nearly 40 years ago and has experience as chief officer on a variety of vessel types including tankers, dredgers and ferries. After coming ashore, Sue was the first female editor of Sailing Directions at the UK Hydrographic Office and was responsible for the production of a wide range of nautical publications. Sue has been a lecturer at Warsash Maritime School for the past 11 years.

Dr Neil Williams

Lecturer of Philosophy, University of Southampton

I am an interdisciplinary philosopher specializing in environmental philosophy, moral and political philosophy, and the history of philosophy. The different strands of my research are unified by an interest in the ways that the affective dimensions of our experience shape our beliefs and practices. ​

My current projects - funded by the AHRC and British Academy - are interdisciplinary investigations into the rights of nature. They focus on how this movement might both empower local communities and challenge our exploitative relationships with the natural world. 

Inspired by American pragmatism, I am committed to the idea that concepts find their meaning in practical application, and that research is best conducted within a diverse community of inquirers. For this reason, I act as an editor for the journal Public Humanities, and participate in public engagement whenever possible. 

I work as an Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Southampton. There you can find me teaching​ on topics including: environmental philosophy, ethics, and the history of philosophy.

When I'm not doing philosophy, I spend my time running, reading, playing games, and (recently) painting. Philosophical thought keeps threatening to intrude when I am doing these things, but I have so far resisted writing about them.

Claudene Sharp-Patel CMarTech FIMarEST

Global Technical Director, Marine and Offshore, Lloyds Register

Claudene joined the marine industry over 30 years ago, having wide experience in maritime, shipping, salvage/MCI, upstream oil and Gas, and wind installation/MWS, Terminal operations, assurance and Oil and Gas/renewable industries in various roles and senior management positions. Claudene started her career as a sea-going Marine Engineering with BHP on dry-bulk carriers, ROROs, Container Vessels and Chemical tankers, transferring onto Oil and LNG vessels with Shell UK and primarily with BP Shipping. However, never one to stop during leave periods continued building experience on General cargo vessels and passenger ships.  Although holding a Bachelor of Technology (Marine Engineering) and Combined Chief Engineer (Motor and Steam), Claudene continued studying obtaining an MBA in Maritime Law and Logistics Management. 

Although Claudene’s background is technical, her training in her shore career in Shipping companies and energy companies support the understanding of shipping, terminal operations/activities and marine activities, has assisted seeing these operations holistically and impactfully.  Claudene’s more recent roles as Global Technical Director Lloyd’s Register, and Shell Australia Prelude (Prelude Marine Terminal Coordinator) further adds to her understanding of current Marine and Offshore roles, activities and operations.  Claudene’s current role as Global Technical Director for Lloyds Register allows an input in the strategy and technical requirements for the industry both legislated or required through IMO/IACS and supporting customers and the industry find safe technical solutions within Decarbonisation, Digitalisation, Marine safety assurance and Offshore Safety Assurance.

Claudene was previously a registered consultant to IMO, and has been continuously active within OCIMF in several groups/working groups including Representative at GPC, Vice Chairman of OCIMF Technical Group, and member of SIRE Focus Group.  These experiences bringing a wide understanding of incidents, consequences, legislation, regulations and implementation. Claudene is a Fellow of IMarEST and served for 6 years as Vice President and culminating as Vice Chair of Technical Leadership Board of IMarEST and is currently the President Elect IMarEST

Dr Helen Devereux

Associate Professor, Warsash Maritime School, Southampton Solent University

Dr Helen Devereux is an Associate Professor at Warsash Maritime School, Southampton Solent University. Helen is interested in the various ways in which the organisation of work and employment impacts on the occupational health, safety and wellbeing of workers. Recent funded research projects include ‘A toolbox for those involved in the collection or analysis of work-related ill-health data in the shipping industry and the port industry’ and ‘From enrolment to qualification: A study on Cadet retention and support.’ Helen obtained her PhD from the Seafarers International Research Centre, Cardiff University.  Prior to her academic career Helen was a seafarer and worked as an Officer of the Watch onboard chemical tankers.