Ben Andrew

Director, 2H Offshore

Ben has over 17 years of specialist engineering experience in the design and analysis of offshore platforms, foundations, cables, and riser systems. He has held numerous project management and technical leadership roles across various projects from concept through to detailed design, based out of the London, Kuala Lumpur, and Houston offices. As one of the UK directors, Ben's current focus is on the development of minimum facilities platforms and fixed offshore wind offerings for the European, Middle East, and Africa markets. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and a Master's in Quantum Physics from Oxford and Imperial Universities.

Yusuf Arikan

Senior Project Manager, 2H Offshore

Yusuf has over 15 years of structural engineering and project management experience in the design and analysis of various offshore structures including hydrodynamics of floating offshore wind foundations. In recent years he has been extensively involved in floating offshore wind projects, specifically the coupled assessment of the floater and turbine, and the design and analysis of mooring systems and power cables. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Bogazici University, Turkey and a Master's from the University of Houston. He is a registered Professional Engineer (PE) in Texas and a Project Management Professional (PMP).

Michael Shaw

Senior Structural Engineer, 2H Offshore

Michael works on fixed and floating wind foundation structures at 2H Offshore. He has worked on the design of monopile and jacket foundations for fixed wind and all primary anchoring types for floating wind. Key areas of technical expertise include global coupled and local structural analysis of both primary and secondary steel structures. He holds a Master's degree in Mechanical and Offshore Engineering from Robert Gordon University and is a chartered engineer with IMechE.

David Knights

Senior Project Manager, 2H Offshore

David has over 19 years of industry experience covering a wide range of marine construction projects, both on and offshore. He has successfully delivered many projects across the offshore renewables, civil engineering, and oil and gas sectors. Previous experience includes management of the design and delivery of numerous pre-piling template systems, resulting in the successful installation of nearly 1,000 piles for multiple offshore renewable projects. He holds a First Class Masters Degree in Civil Engineering and is a Chartered Engineer.

John Morton

Principal Offshore Geotechnical Engineer, 2H Offshore

John works on fixed and floating wind installation at 2H Offshore. He is well-published in soil mechanics journals and has produced several novel testing methods and theoretical frameworks to improve the assessment of geotechnical strength parameters of the seabed. He holds a PhD in Offshore Geotechnics from the University of Western Australia and a BA BAi (Hons) in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Trinity College Dublin. He is also a Chartered Engineer (CEng).

Owen Pocock

Principal Engineer, 2H Offshore

Owen is a Principal chartered Engineer with over ten years of specialist experience in advanced numerical analysis and structural engineering of offshore wind farms, drilling and production riser systems. His oil and gas project portfolio covers a range of riser types and systems in deep and shallow water around the globe. He has also performed numerous engineering assessments and package management roles for both fixed-bottom and floating wind farm developments, with experience across concept, pre-FEED, FEED, and detailed design for EPCI projects.

Dharmik Vadel

Vice President, Clarus Subsea Integrity Inc, a division of 2H Offshore

Dharmik is responsible for Operations and strategic growth initiatives including Digital Innovations for Integrity Management within the Energy Industry. With over 18 years of experience, he has managed multi-asset Integrity Management projects covering SURF, pipelines, and mooring systems, with specific experience in risk-based IM program development, life extension solutions, and delivering digital data management solutions. He holds an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Oklahoma State University and a Bachelor's in Civil Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India.

Arran Armstrong

Geoconsultancy Technical Manager, 2H Offshore

Arran has an extensive career in offshore data acquisition, project management, and geo-engineering consultancy. He joined the offshore industry as a graduate in 2000, initially involved with geophysical and geotechnical offshore acquisition projects. He later specialised in geotechnics and geotechnical data acquisition, specifically with heave compensated geotechnical drilling vessels. In 2011 he moved into geo-engineering consultancy, applying his operational and technical experience to provide clients with the knowledge needed to meet their development design objectives. As 2H's Geoconsultancy Technical Manager, Arran looks after clients' geo-engineering challenges while integrating with other 2H engineering disciplines to provide holistic, turnkey engineering solutions.