FOUNDED: 1995
MISSION STATEMENT
IMCA is a trade association and exists for the benefit of its members across the offshore, marine and underwater engineering industry. In common with other trade associations, we provide members with guidance, allowing them to ‘self-regulate’ rather than look to clients or governments for setting rules and procedures. While governments legislate on a range of issues in the public interest, they cannot produce legislation for every part of an industry’s operations – nor may that be desirable. A key benefit of industry guidance is that it can be implemented and updated more quickly than legislation, which is vital in an industry with rapidly advancing technology. As a trade association we must also comply with international competition law (competition, antitrust and similar laws). We use strict guidelines to ensure compliance.
IMCA ‘s technical work programme is based on a set of strategic objectives on improving peformance in the marine contracting industry.
IMCA’s Vision & Strategy 2014-2019 is designed to outline what we do and how we do it.
What We Do – Our Core Activities
Championing better regulation
- Influencing regulatory direction and development and helping to maintain a free and fair market
- Using creative thinking to improve the industry
Enhancing operational integrity
- Developing and sharing industry good practice
- Driving risk management
- Promoting fair contracting principles
- Improving competence, skills and knowledge
How We Do It – Our Ways of Working
Engaging and developing our members and other core stakeholders
- Representing the interests and aspirations of our members
- Developing a committee structure that delivers the work programme
- Engaging client organisations
- Raising the profile of the IMCA organisation
Developing our people and organisation
- Extending our geographical influence
- Adding value
- Sustaining and evolving the secretariat
- Delivering a progressive work environment
- Delivering our message
For more information relating to our Vision & Strategy please click here.
CONTACT INFORMATION
• Website: www.imca-int.com
IMCA – International Marine Contractors Association
52 Grosvenor Gardens
London
SW1W0AU
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7824 5520
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7824 5521
Email: imca@imca-int.com
Or you can contact the relevent departments directly using the details below:
Diving exams and certification
Email: certification@imca-int.com
Direct phone: +44 (0) 20 7824 5522
Events
Email: events@imca-int.com
Direct phone: +44 (0) 20 7824 5523
Membership
Email: info@imca-int.com
Direct phone: +44 (0) 20 7824 5524
Publications
Email: publications@imca-int.com
Direct phone: +44 (0) 20 7824 5525
IMCA Secretariat
For over a quarter of a century the Association and its predecessors has had a secretariat to provide administrative support and co-ordination for IMCA’s committee-based work programme.
Since 1997 a secretariat in London has provided full-time member support, expanding in line with the association’s membership and widening work programme.
Directors
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Allen Leatt
Chief Executive
Allen, who joined IMCA in October 2015, has over 30 years’ international experience in the marine contracting business with leading companies including Subsea 7, Acergy and Technip.
Allen’s career in the marine industry began in 1978 when as a graduate engineer he qualified as a commercial air diver and has subsequently spent his entire professional career in the marine contracting business.
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Richard Benzie
Technical Director
Richard joined IMCA in October 2015 as Technical Director. He entered the industry in 1981 as a Schlumberger Field Engineer, moving into ROV operations shortly thereafter. He spent eight years with Wharton Williams (2W) Ltd in various offshore ROV-related roles, five years with Rockwater Ltd as ROV Project Manager and Subsea Manager, and six years with Stolt Offshore where he became Group Manager – Mobile Assets.
Regional Team
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Denis Welch
Denis Welch – Regional Director for Asia-Pacific
Denis Welch is based in Singapore and has a track record of Board level appointment in leading international companies and start-ups spanning the marine, civil, automotive and aerospace sectors.
Policy and Regulatory Affairs Team
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John Bradshaw
Policy & Regulatory Affairs Manager
John joined IMCA in September 2015. He joined us from Lloyd’s Register where he was Principal Technical Specialist, developing rules and regulations for the safe construction and classification of ships, approving designs and providing engineering consulting services.
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Emily Comyn
Technical Adviser – Policy & Regulatory Affairs
Emily joined the IMCA secretariat in March 2009 as a Technical Adviser, focusing on international legislative affairs. Emily monitors and lobbies where appropriate in such key areas as the International Maritime Organization (IMO), at which IMCA has non-governmental observer status, and other sources of international, regional and national legislation which affects the maritime industries and IMCA members in particular.
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Eleni Antoniadou
Policy and Regulatory Affairs Adviser
Eleni is a lawyer with client advisory and regulatory expertise in international maritime law, corporate reporting and compliance with regard to environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) issues. Eleni joined the IMCA Secretariat in August 2016 as a Policy & Regulatory Affairs Adviser, focusing on international legislative affairs.
Technical Team
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Mark Ford
Technical Manager
Mark joined the IMCA secretariat as a Technical Adviser – Marine in February 2012 from Charles Taylor Consulting where he worked as a senior surveyor and divisional director in the safety and loss prevention department.
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Chris Baldwin
Technical Adviser – Marine
Chris Baldwin joined the Team in June 2014 as Technical Adviser – Marine. Chris spent 29 years in the Royal Navy and most recently held a position in the UK MoD’s Defence Safety and Environment Authority, as the Diving Regulator and Superintendent of Diving. His career has encompassed a range of Warfare Officer (equivalent to Deck Officer) sub-specialist trades, including as a British Sea Fisheries Officer, a Mine Warfare and Clearance Diver, and Principal Warfare Officer.
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Nicholas Hough
Technical Adviser – Offshore Survey and Safety, Environment & Legislation
Nick’s main work is supporting the IMCA Safety, Environment & Legislation Committee and the Offshore Survey Committee. Nick has a NEBOSH General Certificate in occupational safety and health, and is responsible for IMCA safety flashes and safety statistics, and for supporting the development of safety promotional material & guidance. As someone from a survey engineering background he is also well qualified to offer significant technical input to IMCA’s Offshore Survey related publications.
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Andy Goldsmith
Technical Adviser – Marine
Andy joined IMCA in January 2015 with 17 years’ experience on a range of dynamically positioned (DP) vessels under his belt. He holds Nautical Institute DP certificate number 127 in a world where the certificate numbers are now well past 23,000, so he is well placed to take on the association’s crucial DP and Marine Division work load.
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Bryan McGlinchy
Technical Adviser – Diving
Bryan joined the IMCA secretariat as a Technical Adviser – Diving in February 2012 from the UK Health and Safety Executive. At the Executive, Bryan worked as a front-line inspector, initially in the metals and minerals sector, and then for more than 12 years as a Diving Specialist Inspector.
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Peter Sieniewicz
Technical Adviser – Diving
Peter joined IMCA as a Technical Adviser (Diving) in April 2012, following 14 years at the Health and Safety Executive (UK HSE) as a Specialist Diving Inspector. For the last 10 years Peter managed a team of specialist diving inspectors in the HSE Southern Inspection Team looking after the health and safety of divers through inspection and investigation in both the offshore and onshore sectors of diving.
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Ann Barnatt
Document Production Co-ordinator
Ann officially joined IMCA in May 2007, although she had provided administrative support on an as-required basis from 1984 to 1998.
Membership Services Group
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Michelle Killington
Membership Services Group Supervisor
michelle.killington@imca-int.com
Michelle leads the Membership Services Group, which looks after all membership applications and subscriptions, committee elections, publication sales and diving certification.
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Kayleigh Tucker
Membership Services Co-ordinator
Kayleigh’s main focus within the Membership Services Group, is dealing with membership enquiries, subscriptions, applications, invoicing and all matters related to membership. She provides wide-ranging support to IMCA members and helps manage our database of contacts. Kayleigh is currently on maternity leave until 2018.
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Kayleigh Glasscock
Membership Services Co-ordinator
kayleigh.glasscock@imca-int.com
Part of IMCA’s Membership Services Group, Kayleigh has been responsible for co-ordinating the sales of IMCA’s publications since 2014. Kayleigh is currently on maternity leave until late 2017.
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Chelsea Clarke
Membership Services Co-ordinator
Chelsea sits within the Membership Services Group and her main focus is on preparing and issuing IMCA’s safety flashes as well as the minutes of our committees and workgroups. An all-rounder in the team, she also assists with publication sales and membership administration.
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Elizabeth Gibbons
Office Administrator & Receptionist
elizabeth.gibbons@imca-int.com
Elizabeth joined IMCA’s Membership Services Group in 2016 as Receptionist & Office Administrator to provide maternity cover for the team. Hers is most likely the first voice you’ll hear when you call the IMCA office.
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Events & Communications Team
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Claudine Bleza
Travel & Events Planner
Claudine joined IMCA in April 2007. Her primary role is organising the association’s involvement in a variety of industry exhibitions and conferences, where IMCA exhibits, presents or is one of the supporting organisations.
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Chris Freer
Graphic Design & Communications Co-ordinator
Chris Freer joined the IMCA secretariat in October 2012 as a Graphic Design & Communications Co-ordinator after returning from travelling and living in Asia and Australia for a year. Chris is in charge of putting together our quarterly newsletter Making Waves, designing all our marketing and events collateral as well as many of IMCA’s documents and publications.
IT Support Team
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Ryan Foley
IT Support Administrator & CMID Database Manager
Ryan joined the team in November 2014 as the IT Support Administrator, Ryan’s duties involve developing both the CMID database and the internal databases of IMCA, mantaining the IT life cycle and support of the IMCA Secretariat both in house and remotely.
Accounts Team
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Jill Adamson
Accounts Administrator
Jill Adamson joined us in July 2015 as our Accounts Assistant. Jill has a strong all round bookkeeping background which will help her support IMCA in all things accounting.
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Provisional technical seminar schedule for 2017
Thu 25 May
Contracts & Insurance Seminar
London, UK
Tue 30-Wed 31 May
ROV Seminar
Stavanger, Norway
Wed 14-Thu 15 Jun
Marine Seminar
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Wed 14 Jun
Lifting & Rigging Seminar
(formerly Rope Forum)
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Tue 12 Sep
Security Seminar
London, UK
Mon 25-Tue 26 Sep
Diving Seminar (Diver medical)
London, UK
Tue 28 Nov
Diving Seminar
Singapore
Tue 28 Nov
ROV Seminar
Singapore
Wed 29 Nov
Marine Seminar
Singapore