CHIRP Staff
Below is a list of all CHIRP permenant staff. Click on a person to get a short bio and contact information (if available).
Chris Rowsell joined Shell Tankers as a cadet. By 1976 he had obtained his Certificate of Competency as Master Mariner and BSc in Nautical Studies. He then "came ashore" with Shell. His subsequent positions included 1 Marine Project Advisor
2 Freight Trading Manager for the Americas
3 Marine Operations Manager in New York
4 Shipping Manager Coal, Marine Manager UK
5 General Manager Chartering
6 Managing Director Shell Marine Personnel (Isle of Man) during which time he served as Chairman of the Isle of Man Shipping Association.
In his final five years in Shell, he was the General Manager Shipping Standards responsible for HSSE, Ship Quality Assurance (vetting) and External Affairs, and was a member of the General Purposes Committee of the Oil Companies International Forum.
On retiring from Shell in 2005, he set up his own shipping consultancy company.
In October 2007 Chris was appointed Director (Maritime) of CHIRP. In this role, he promotes the work of CHIRP, follows up each report received, and edits the quarterly newsletter. He is guided in this role by the Maritime Advisory Board.
Chris is a member of the Nautical Institute and the Royal Yachting Association. He enjoys dinghy racing. His hobby is marine photography. He is married to Rozalia. They have two adult sons.
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Kirsty joined CHIRP in July 1996 as Office Administrator, having previously worked in publishing and more recently for a large housebuilder. Kirsty is the Administration Manager for both the Air Transport and Maritime programmes and has run the Cabin Crew Programme since its launch in July 2001, following completion of the British Airways Safety Equipment and Procedures Course.
E-Mail: Bishnu@chirp.co.uk
Bishnu Sunuwar> Mr Bishnu Sunuwar is the Systems and Database Administrator and is responsible for
the maintenance and development of all CHIRP databases, servers, workstations and websites including the CHIRP-MEMS website. He likes to play snooker and computer games so very often he goes to play. In outdoor games he likes to play football,basketball.