The Master - Captain G. English AFNI

I joined the Honourable Company in 2013 encouraged by Captain Rob Booth CMMar who was shortly to be come a Warden and eventually Master in 2017. I was elected Senior Warden in 2022 and on the 1st May 2023, became The Master of the Company. 

I joined the Education & Training and Technical Committees in 2015, progressed to be a Liveryman and became a Court Assistant in 2016 and was elected as Warden in 2019, I am an Associate Fellow of the Nautical Institute and also act as mentor to an associate recently qualified as OOW. 

At sea 1970 - 1988 with a major tanker company and latterly with various management agencies, I spent almost 25 years as a freelance consultant and surveyor in the offshore oil & gas industries and presently work as Marine Manager for an expanding marine and engineering consultancy in London, largely engaged in the renewable energy sector.

Born on Tyneside I lived for many years in Yorkshire but am now happily settled in Suffolk with my wife Val, I am involved with our local church and also like to turn my hand to practical projects large and small, recently construction of a kit car and latterly smaller scale modelling along with an interest in various aspects of nautical and aviation history.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/geoffenglish

Senior Warden - Mr M.B. Burrow DL

I joined the Honourable Company in 2009 becoming a Liveryman in 2014 under the 10% rules and served on the Finance & Risk Committee, taking over as Chairman in 2017.

I was trained at HMS Conway before joining Canadian Pacific as a marine engineer Cadet. My career took a sharp change in course when I joined Railway, Mine and Plantation Ltd whose offices were at Imperial House, Dominion Street in the Square Mile - an ever so colonial company. Here I learnt my trade in sales and marketing using my engineering knowledge adapted to railways and mining, this entailed extensive travel in Africa when communications was still fairly rudimentary. I am now the proprietor and chairman of the Holdtrade Group of Companies which carries on the business of trading in Africa and provides engineering for light, narrow gauge, industrial and heritage railways.

As an Old Conway I chair the Conway Merchant Navy Trust which provides scholarships for MN officer Cadetships; the Trust is currently sponsoring 10 Cadets through University to OOW. I am also a Trustee of the HMS Conway Trust which is a benevolent charity.

I am very proud to be the chair of Greenwich, Deptford and Rotherhithe Sea Cadets which has is its premises in the Old Royal Navy College. With a strength of nearly 40 we are very a small but well respected Unit, in extremely historic and prestigious surroundings, providing training and opportunity to many youngsters from the area who otherwise would have little experience of the maritime world.

My other areas of interests and memberships include: Member of Nautical Institute; Anchorites; TSS; Propeller Club; Naval Club; Conway Club; London Rowing Club and RAC. I am also a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/matt-burrow-484b28b/

The Immediate Past Master - Captain R.F.A. Batt

I joined the HCMM in January 2013 as a Freeman, becoming a Liveryman in September 2014, elected Warden in April 2018, Master in 2022, and in 2023 I became The Immediate Past Master. 

I have been a standing member for over 3 years of the Education & Training Committee and also the Professional & Technical Committee. HCMM Ambassador to London Southern District Sea Cadets and an HCMM ships guide since early 2015. For the Wellington Trust I volunteer as a Master Mariner Instructor & Exhibition Supervisor. 

I served 10 years at sea as a Deck Officer with BP Tanker Co. and obtained my FG Masters Certificate aged 27. I then got promoted Chief Officer two weeks after my Masters Certificate. Also, while with BP, I trained as a pump Engineer. Came ashore to rescue a distant relatives Industrial Rubber Company which was trading insolvent. 18 months after joining, I was promoted to Sales Director and then within four years, the Company was back in profit. Nine years later promoted to MD and served 25 years. I eventually sold the Company with a Turnover of £2.4 million. 

My interests and hobbies include: naval history; encouraging the young to take up a career in seafaring; sailing; skiing and; classic cars.

Warden - Commodore D.L Lamb CMMar FNI

I joined the Honourable Company in 2017. I then became a Court Assistant in 2021, took Livery and was elected Warden in 2022. 

I have been a Professional Review Assessor and member of the Chartered Master Mariner Registration Authority since its inauguration in 2016. I then became Chairman of the RA in 2021, taking over from Admiral Sir Nigel Essenhigh. I also sit on the Wellington Replacement Committee and am mentor to two Apprentices.

I retired in 2020 after over forty years’ service in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. My final appointment in 2015 was as Head of Service for the RFA. In this role, I was responsible for the safe delivery of operations for ships operating worldwide, the recruitment, training, management and sustainability of civilian mariners and the strategic direction of the RFA within the Royal Navy. I was also Senior Responsible Owner for the offshore build programme for four Fleet Replenishment Tankers, a major Government Programme, which were brought into service for the RFA between 2017 and 2019.

During my career, I commanded most classes of RFA across the full spectrum of naval operations. A veteran of the Falklands conflict (RFA Resource) I am RN Principle Warfare Officer qualified, a graduate of Advanced Command and Staff College, holding an MA in Defence Studies, and a graduate of the Major Projects Leadership Academy run through Oxford University Said Business School. I was one of the first recipients of Chartered Master Mariner in 2017.

Outside the HCMM, I am an Associate Fellow of the Nautical Institute, Younger Brother of Trinity House and sit on the Through Life Grants Committee of the RNRMC. In my spare time, in order of exertion, I enjoy skiing, cycling, hiking and reading. I live in Central Scotland with wife, Catriona (retired GP) and therefore am very familiar with BA and LNER from Edinburgh to London. I have two sons forging successful careers in engineering and medicine.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/duncan-lamb-80bba719b

Warden - Captain C.G. McDade CMMar

I joined the Honourable Company in 2012 and took Livery in 2016. When I retuned to the UK after international assignments in Singapore, Angola and then Singapore again, upon my return I joined both the Education and Training as well as Professional and Technical Committees, moving up to chair the latter in 2021. 

My seagoing career started in 1997 as a cadet with Mobil Shipping, during this time I sailed on product, aframax, VLCC and shuttle tankers. Sadly at the end of my cadetship Exxon merged with Mobil and opportunities in the fleet became scarce, however, fortunately for me BP Shipping had embarked on a fleet expansion/renewal and I managed to secure a position there.

My career with BP started on oil tankers before being transferred over to LNG in 2002. I continued to sail with BP in their LNG Fleet until 2009 where I transferred to Upstream and Production working on Floating Production Storage Offload (FPSO) in the North Sea. I then transferred to BP Angola and was involved in their Ultradeep Water, initially being constructed and commissioned in Singapore before the Offshore Hook-up and subsequent operational phase in Angola.

I returned to Singapore as consultant for two years with London Offshore Consultants before returning to the UK to take up a shore position with Seapeak (ex Teekay Gas) as LNG Assurance Manager followed by Director for Marine HR, Fleet Director and now Vice President for Operations. I have full operational and commercial responsibility for 44 LNG Vessels, 29 LPG Vessels and 1 LNG import terminal in Bahrain. I sit on various boards such as SIGTTO, Class Societies and Joint Ventures.

I am a Chartered Master Mariner (CMMar), Younger Brother at Trinity House and a mentor within the companies scheme.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/chris-mcdade-1b4a8439

Warden - Captain M.C. Lucas FNI

I joined the Honourable Company in 2004 and took Livery in 2016. In April 2021, I joined the Education and Training Committee and, recently, the Diversity & Inclusion committee. In 2023, I became a Warden of the Company.

I started my sea going career with BP as a cadet on the old T. S. Dolphin at Leith. I then joined the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service ( RMAS ) which came under the Directorate of Maritime Services ( MoD ) in May 1977. The RMAS provided a number of different service and specialised tasks. In 1996 Serco Denholm partially took over the RMAS in 2008 it was taken over completely. My career with the RMAS and Serco has allowed me over the last 46 years to gain many different skills. The types of tasks I have carried out include but not limited to the following. Ocean Towage; Mooring &Salvage ( MoD) 13 years. Torpedo Recovery; Mine Laying and recover for major exercises. Mines being inert and for training for MCMs. Support for the submarine escape system LR5. Supporting the Royal Naval Clearance Diving Schools in Kyle of Lochalsh. Target Towing for live ammunition firings in the North of Scotland. Passenger transfers with warships and submarines underway and making way. This includes working with foreign Navy’s as well.

This is outwith the MCA’s responsibility and regulations. As I stated previously this list is not exhaustive, as there are areas that I cannot comment on. I am still active at sea as Master and currently I am an Associate Fellow of the Nautical Institute and Chairman of the Central Scotland  Branch of the Nautical Institute. I am a mentor within the Company's Mentoring Scheme. 

Warden - Mr S. P. Summers JP

I joined the Honourable Company in 2017 and took Livery in 2021. I was first elected Warden in January 2024 having served as a Court Assistant since 2021.

I served on Westminster City Council for 12 years and as Lord Mayor of Westminster in 2016 - 2017.  During my time on the Council my responsibilities included chairing a planning committee and serving as Cabinet Member for Community Services. I was responsible for overseeing Westminster’s preparations for the London Olympics in 2012.  I also served on London Councils and as a Trustee of the London Youth Games.  I am currently the Chairman of the London Mayors’ Association which represents all of the current and former Mayors of the London boroughs and the two cities.

Aside from politics, I serve as an Honorary Steward of Westminster Abbey and a Magistrate on the Central London bench sitting at the City of London & Westminster Magistrates Courts. I am also a Director of the London Landmarks Half Marathon and Patron of London New Years Day Parade & Festival.

In addition to being a member of the Honourable Company, I am a Freeman of the Company of Watermen & Lightermen of the River Thames.

In my professional life, I am Managing Director of a public relations firm based in London having previously practised as a solicitor in the City of London.

HRH Edward, Prince of Wales

HRH Phillip, The Duke of Edinburgh

Master 1954-1957

HRH Charles, Prince of Wales

Master 1988-1990

HRH The Princess Royal

Master 2005-2007