Simon Powell

Simon has a broad knowledge of the marine and maritime sector gained from an 18-year career as a professional seafarer and 15 years developing and running UK and EU collaborative projects. He has served as a submarine warfare officer and a merchant navy officer in a wide variety of ships and conducted new build warship sea trials. Simon is founder member and Operations Director of MSE International, an industry body working to stimulate innovation within the marine sector, generate growth, improve competitiveness, and boost profitability. Simon leads MSE’s interests in maritime transport, logistics, security and fuels.