Les Chapman is the Managing Director of Marine Accident & Risk Consultants (MARC) Ltd., which specialises in marine safety and risk management. Mr. Chapman is also Chief Operating Officer of RTI and is directly responsible for the overall operation and management of RTI’s European, Central and South American, and Middle East businesses covering aviation, marine, rail, nuclear, and other energy industries. Mr. Chapman is a global marine professional with more than 30 years of business development, operations, security, and management consulting experience in the maritime and transportation infrastructure environments. He has spoken and written articles on a wide range of topics from business risk and contingency planning to government and agency policy on security and maritime matters.
Previously, Mr. Chapman held positions as head of a maritime consultancy group for a leading classification society; Maritime Security Director for a leading international business risk consultancy; the Export Promoter for the UK Government for the ports and security industries; and the Marine Operations Manager for one of the most prestigious ports in the UK. He is a former Canadian Forces and Royal Navy submariner who was responsible for the management of large numbers of personnel and £1 billion of nuclear assets in four command appointments.
Mr. Chapman is a director of the London Shipping Law Centre – Maritime Business Forum, as well as Somerset Consult (a construction project consultancy), and provides the Secretariat for the International Maritime Conciliation and Mediation (IMCAM) Panel and the Association of Average Adjusters (AAA). He is also the chairman of the London branch of the Nautical Institute.
Mr. Chapman is a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology and the Institute of Civil Protection & Emergency Management; an Associate Fellow of the Nautical Institute; and a member of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners, The Security Institute, The Worshipful Company of Arbitrators, and The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights. He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical/nuclear engineering from The Royal Military College of Canada and has a MBA specialising in corporate financial metrics.
