Committees of Council
The Council is responsible for our professional, technical and learned society activities, delivering much of its work via committees:
Branches Committee
The Branches Committee provides oversight, monitors performance and offers guidance to the Institute’s global network of branches and joint branches.
Chairs - Mike Watt and Keith Hutchinson
Council Executive Committee
The Council Executive Committee (CEC) oversees the implementation of Council decisions and fosters interaction and interworking between and among other Council committees, the Board of Trustees and the Executive.
Chair - Phillip Parvin
Membership Committee
The Membership Committee has the responsibility to assess and scrutinise applications for election, transfer, reinstatement and resignation of our Voting membership (Fellow, Member and Associate Member), as well as the suitability of applications for our professional registrations.
Chair - Gary Hindmarch
Professional Affairs & Education Committee (PAEC)
The PAEC is responsible for setting our academic and professional development standards and making the final decisions regarding the accreditation of academic courses and graduate training programmes and the granting of IMarEST recognition for relevant CPD courses.
Chair - Ian Tuersley
Publications Supervisory Board (PSB)
The PSB oversees the quality of our conference proceedings and, acting through the individual editorial boards, the Journal of Marine Engineering and Technology and the Journal of Operational Oceanography. This includes the appointment of the journal's Editors-in-Chiefs and oversight of individual editorial boards.
Chair - Oliver Simmonds
Technical Leadership Board (TLB)
The TLB leads the Institute’s technical activity. It oversees and supports the work of the technically-themed Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and identifies current, emerging and future technical issues and priorities. It ensures that the Institute operates in the public benefit by delivering sound technical outputs and providing leadership on key issues of importance and relevance to our members, the broader marine sector, governments and other regulators and the general public.
Co-chairs - Jennifer Gomez Molina and Tim Kent