The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) is pleased to announce that Bill Chilton has joined the team as Technical Adviser – Diving.

Chilton has 25 years’ experience in the commercial diving industry. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Geography; an MSc in Marine Resource Management; and an MSC in Decommissioning. He joins IMCA having worked at the UK Health & Safety Executive (HSE) for 12 years as a Diving Specialist Inspector regulating the safety of divers working in the offshore energy and other sectors of the diving industry. At the HSE he also worked as a decommissioning specialist when he was seconded for a period to the decommissioning team.