Jeremy is an experienced Naval Architect having worked within the marine industry for almost 20 years. He worked within R & D for over a decade in QinetiQ firstly within the submarine structures and then ship structures department. He led the development of the composite propeller projects taking them from concept to demonstration with full scale trials at sea. He then set up QED Naval as a consultancy to serve the marine renewables industry.

Jairo holds a M.Eng. in aeronautical engineering from Columbia. He came to the UK & spent time as a researcher at Cranfield University developing fluid models of jet engines. He then started his 2nd Masters degree in renewable energy from Newcastle University and his thesis was in fluid loading of a tidal turbine.