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Career Paths: Adam Parnell, CHIRP Maritime

by Adam Parnell
November 8, 2022
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Career Paths: Adam Parnell, CHIRP Maritime
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In our special column this month, we are glad to host an interview with Mr. Adam Parnell, Director (Maritime), CHIRP, who says that the maritime career offers many opportunities for both personal and professional growth and advise us to start actively networking and invest in continuous learning. With regards to safety incident reporting, Mr. Parnell says that the picture picture is missing; in that regard, CHIRP Maritime are focusing on data-sharing partnerships.

SAFETY4SEA: How did it come about that you joined shipping industry and your field of expertise specifically?

Adam Parnell: I’ve always loved the sea – I spent my youth canoeing, dinghy sailing and scuba diving. Once I reached 19 I joined the Royal Navy, initially as an engineer, but later swapped to Deck officer so I could command ships. After 26 years in the Navy, I became a harbour master to keep that link with the sea – it’s in the blood, I think!

S4S: What about your current job/ role most excites you and why?

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A.P.: Directing the CHIRP Maritime programme and advocating for seafarer safety is hugely rewarding. I’ve learned so much through investigating the reports that we receive through our confidential incident reporting system, and through engaging with international regulators and other maritime institutions to influence better safety outcomes.

S4S: When you think of the word successful who’s the first person who comes to mind and why?

A.P.: That’s a hard one – a maritime career offers so many opportunities for personal and professional growth as well as some amazing life-experiences. I think the increasing diversity of people who are entering the profession is a real success story too (although there’s still a long way to go!)

S4S: Who is/was the most influential person/mentor to you & why?

A.P.:  I learned a lot from those that I’ve been fortunate to work alongside, many of whom have remained lifelong friends. The best advice I’ve ever had was to push my limits and not be afraid of making mistakes, because failure can sometimes be the best teacher.

S4S: What is the most worthwhile career investment (in energy, time, money) you’ve ever made?

A.P.: Never stop learning and bettering your own education. In particular, learn a second language – any language – it keeps your brain active, expands your cultural understanding and (bonus!) you might one day go somewhere where they speak it

S4S: If you could give a piece of advice to your 18-year-old-self one thing, what would it be and why? What piece of advice should you ignore? 

A.P.: Don’t forget to take photographs to remind yourself of the amazing things you’ve done (and to convince others that you’re not making it all up!). And ignore the inner voice of self-doubt. And especially don’t ask about the goat skull in the curry. Just don’t.

S4S: In the last five years, what new belief, behavior, or habit has most improved your business life?

A.P.: I’ve started consciously and actively networking. I’ve found it very rewarding to connect people, particularly those working in different disciplines, because often their differing perspectives deliver that creative ‘spark’ when problem-solving.

S4S: What would you like to change in the current maritime landscape and your area of expertise specifically and why?

A.P.: Safety incident reporting is too fragmented – lots of organizations are doing it, but no-one is joining the dots and the bigger picture is missing. CHIRP Maritime are actively addressing that problem by developing inter-organizational data-sharing partnerships.

S4S: What is your personal motto?

A.P.: Whenever I’m facing a new challenge my mantra to myself is “How hard can it be?

 

The views presented hereabove are only those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of  SAFETY4SEA and are for information sharing and discussion  purposes only.

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Adam has been a professional mariner all of his adult life and has gained significant experience of managing people, budgets and organisational change from a wide range of multi-disciplinary roles – both at sea and ashore – in the defence, private industry and the public sectors. He joined the Royal Navy in 1988, initially as an Engineer officer where he gained Chartered Engineer status and held a sea-going role as Deputy Head of Department, but when appointed ashore into a teaching role, he swiftly transferred to the Operations (Warfare) branch to realise his ambition of spending more time at sea. This move was rewarded by his being appointed in command of HMS Grimsby and subsequently HMS Bangor as their Commanding Officer several years later. Alongside his seagoing roles, Adam has also worked in the UK’s Joint Force Headquarters (where he visited 26 countries in 3 years on defence diplomacy and operational liaison visits, including working alongside the Iraqi Department of Defence and working with the United Nations in Sudan), has attended the Advanced Command and Staff Course and also worked in the Ministry of Defence, London. In 2013 Adam decided to make the move ashore more permanent and, after a time-limited interim role as an engineer Project Manager for Babcock International, took up the post of Marine Officer and Harbour Master of Salcombe (a Local Authority port) from 2014. In 2018 he took on the larger challenge of running Tor Bay Harbour which includes the enclosed ports of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham – England’s largest fishing port. In all of these roles, the identification of hazards, risks and their consequences (if not properly controlled) has been vital. He is thus very well placed to continue to build on the success of his predecessor in his role as CHIRP’s Director (Maritime).

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