Ian Savage

Chief Engineer for Transversals and Technical Assurance , BMT

Ian Savage is the Chief Engineer for Transversals and Technical Assurance at BMT. He provides leadership in whole ship design areas including Survivability, Fire Protection, Materials, Standardisation and Technical Assurance of design. He has over twenty years of experience in Naval Engineering in both Surface and Sub-surface craft and specialises in Naval Recoverability.

Dr James Gockling

Principle Fire Protection Engineer, BMT

Dr James Glockling is a Principal Fire Protection Engineer within the Naval Engineering Team of BMT and is the current Chair of BSI FSH/16 'Hazards to life from fire'. He has a degree in Chemical Engineering and PhD in nuclear engineering. Following post-doctorate study, he worked as, a lecturer in Chemical Engineering and Fire Safety Engineering, a forensic fire investigator, and ran research laboratories at the Loss Prevention Council (LPC), Building Research Establishment (BRE), and the Fire Protection Association (FPA) where he ran the UK insurance research scheme, RISCAuthority. Jim’s principal areas of expertise are in suppression and detection technologies and complex risk mitigation scenarios. Jim is now visiting Professor at the University of Central Lancashire and continues to work promoting resilience with the commercial built environment and maritime sectors.