Alasdair is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects. He started his career in 1991 on Lloyds Register’s Graduate Training Scheme and spent years working with all different types of marine vehicles, from hovercraft to semi-subs, all around the world. Alasdair moved to be Certification Manager for the Certification Services Department of AEA Technology in March 1997: the department which ultimately became HPiVS. Alasdair spent a short time as Business Development Manager at ABS before becoming a founding member of the CEproof group of CE marking consultants in 2001. In 2010 Alasdair sold CEproof and bought the AEA department which was renamed HPiVS. The company has been growing at a rate of 22% per annum ever since.  Alasdair sits on a variety of different British and International Standards committees and is Chair of the EU Commission’s (RSG) Technical sub-committee that provides the EU with guidelines for the design & construction of recreational craft and components.

As the name suggests, Jacquie runs the the non-technical aspects of the business including finances and human resources.  She has a number of qualifications relating to auditing and personnel management that are put to good use in HPiVS.  She has been working with CEO, Alasdair Reay, since 2006 and is equally responsible for building HPiVS into the business it is today.

Contact Jacquie with any non-technical enquiries.

Andrew has qualifications in Naval Architecture and Marine Surveying and has more recently completed the Westlawn Yacht and Boat Design Program. He has been working in the boating industry for over 25 years in building, consulting, surveying and designing and is a member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects.

Andrew joined HPiVS (Ireland) in 2021.

Away from work, Andrew likes to race any sailing boat as well as cruising with his family.

 
 
 

María is a European Engineer and Member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects. Her very first job in the marine industry was crew member in ferries, from there she had various technical jobs until she started working for an Inspection Body in Spain in 2003. She joined HPiVS as Technical Manager in 2013 where she carries out plans reviews/approvals of boats and components and monitors HPiVS authorised inspectors. She is member of several Marine Industry Committees and HPiVS Country Manager for Americas, Middle-Far East and the Iberian Peninsula. 

María is a Lead Auditor and has managed the company’s quality system for several years, including the transition to preferred ISO 170XX standards.

The Pressure & Machinery Team

Matteo is a Chartered Engineer with 20 years of experience in the Pressure Equipment Directive industry from coordination to Project Management. Since 2002, he has served as a Technical Co-ordinator and Assistant Technical Manager for PED services at Velosi Certification – Applus Group. He joined HPiVS in 2012 with the role of Principal Engineer for Pressure Equipment Certification/CE Compliance.

The Marine Team

Simon turned a lifetime of boating into his career over twenty years ago and has been active in the marine sector ever since. His experience ranges from working for the world’s largest yacht charter company to being an officer on board arguably one of the world’s finest cruise lines, but his passion has always been for racing yachts and spent many years sailing around the world and competing in numerous events. Since returning from a life at sea, Simon worked for the Boat Safety Scheme as the Business and Technical Manager and also with British Marine as a Technical Executive, where amongst other things, was an active member of the BSi and ISO committees for Standards development for Small Craft. Simon joined HPi-CEproof in May 2020 and is enjoying putting his knowledge and experience to good use.

Simon sails a classic 1980’s wooden dinghy at a local sailing club and has recently been converted to the joys of stand-up paddle boarding. Yachting is still a passion and he manages to sail as often as he can.