Global Underwater Hub unveils board

An organisation set up to ’transform the UK’s £8 billion €9.4 billion) underwater industry into one of the largest and fastest growing industries in the country’ has welcomed ten new members to its board.

The Global Underwater Hub (GUH), which calls itself new but was actually set up some years ago with a change of name from ‘Subsea UK’ in November.

Neil Gordon remains chief executive, a position he has held since 2011. He is also Non-Executive Director of OPITO and the National Subsea Research Initiative in Aberdeen, Scotland.

The new members of the board are:

• Sue Barr, Chair, Marine Energy Council 

• Zander Bruce, Subsea Operations Manager, bp North Sea

• Bill Cattanach OBE, Head of Supply Chain, North Sea Transition Authority

• Sarah Cridland, VP Commercial and Subsea Projects, UK, Med & Caspian – UK Country Manager, TechnipFMC

• Neil Douglas, Director, Viper Innovations Ltd

• Rear Admiral Paul Halton OBE, Director Submarine Support, Royal Navy

• Heather Jones, CEO Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC)

• Mike Jones, Chairman, Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd

• Tim Sheehan, Head of Business Development, Boskalis Subsea Services

• Benj Sykes, VP UK Offshore, Ørsted

Andrew Hodgson, who is a co-founder of PEPTalks, remains chairman, which he took over along with the name change in November 2021.

“Each of these appointments bring specific sector experience, knowledge, and a shared passion for the underwater sector. I’m looking forward to working with Andrew and the GUH board to build on the underwater supply chain’s world-leading position in the global blue economy,” said CEO Neil Gordon.