Doug has many years involvement in the commercial maritime world starting off as a deck officer in the Merchant Navy, followed by 30 years in the marine fuels industry and 11 years running Maritime London, promoting the UK as the world's premier maritime business centre.
He served two years as Director of the UK Ship Register before his current consultancy portfolio.
Alongside his maritime career, he served for nearly fifteen years as an elected member of the City of London Corporation. During that time he was Deputy Chairman of the Policy & Resources Committee and a member of the City of London Police Authority Board for 11 years, serving four years as Chairman and four years as Deputy Chairman.
Doug is a Court Member of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights (Past Prime Warden 2015/16), on the Honorary Court of the Worshipful Company of Fuellers (Past Master 2003/04), a Younger Brother of Trinity House, an Anchorite (Past President 2010/11) and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Southampton Solent University (2015)
