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Keith Hutchinson CMarEng FRINA FIMarEST

Head of Professional Technical and Engineering Services, and Senior Consultant – Whole Ship Design and Naval Architecture, Safinah Group, UK

Keith Hutchinson is Head of the Professional Technical and Engineering Services (PTES) sector and Senior Consultant in Whole Ship Design and Naval Architecture at Safinah Group based on Tyneside in the United Kingdom, where he undertakes commercial and offshore marine consultancy for a range of clients globally.  He has held senior roles in the design of a wide variety of ships, having previously worked as a researcher in ship design, and has shipyard experience in construction, conversion/upgrade, and repair.

Over a 37-year career as a ship designer and naval architect, Keith has been constantly at the forefront of the technical development of robust but flexible solutions for a multitude of extremely novel, complex, bespoke merchant ship and offshore vessel design problems, both new-build and conversions.  He has consistently strived with clients to explore unknown multiple dimensional design spaces utilising both established and emerging technologies, and hence has significant experience and expertise in designing ships for optimal efficiency and operability.

Keith has published over 65 technical papers etc. and given many more public presentations and lectures.  He is a member of numerous industrial technical committees, is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered Marine Engineer together with being a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, the Institute is Marine Engineering, Science and Technology, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, and the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers.  He is also a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights and Freeman of The City of London – showcasing his leadership in the maritime industry.