New UK Hydrographer

new Chief Executive of the UKHO, he will beresponsible for the organisations key role within the world hydrographiccommunity while also overseeing the Governments own responsibilities for theMaritime & Coastguard Agency under the UN Convention of Safety of Life atSea.

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The new UK National Hydrographer, Rear Admiral Ian Mobcrieff, who has also been appointed Deputy Chief Executive of the Hydrographic Office in Taunton.

A graduate in Geography and Geology at Keele University, Ian Moncrieff is a former Commander of British Forces South Atlantic in the Falkland Islands and latterly, the Royal Navy’s Director of Communications and Information Systems and Assistant Chief of Staff to the C-in-C Fleet.

He assumes his position as National Hydrographer on 5 December. By DAVID GOODFELLOW