Gill Fox
Shipyard and Dockyard specialist with over 40 years’ experience of naval and commercial shipbuilding/ship-repair industries worldwide.
Digital and AI-implementation specialist including recent development of bespoke AI-use cases.
Advised multiple Governments and Navies at the highest levels on complex shipbuilding programmes. Outputs directly debated in Government Senates in the US and Australia.
Extensive experience of developing and improving world-class dockyards and shipyards in many countries including UK, Europe, US, India, Canada, Arabian Gulf, Far East, and Australia. Detailed knowledge of the production facilities and business practices of major shipyards in all these countries and more.
Led recent design projects for multi-$bn Naval Defence precinct in Australasia.
First-rate knowledge of shipyard digitisation and digital twins including toolboxes defining optimal roadmaps to digital.
Developed and enhanced numerous ground-breaking methods for measuring and improving shipyard productivity, performance and capacity.
Recently led the team creating a dynamic, 30-year national capacity forecast for the UK industry that includes skills and facilities constraints.
Led independent project controls monitoring team for 10-year major warship construction programme.
Project-managed construction of the ground-breaking UK RIBA Building of the Year; the all-aluminium Media Centre at Lords Cricket Ground.
Wide range of further skills including strategic reviews, cost estimating, cost competitiveness, process benchmarking, resource forecasting, composite materials, supply chains, planning, due diligence, and risk management.
SHIPYARD AND DOCKYARD SPECIALIST CONSULTANT NAVAL ARCHITECT CEng FRINA
