

Cameron McNatt
Founder and Managing Director

Chris Retzler
Founder and Technical Director

Ian Crossland
Commercial Director
Ian is an accomplished and results-oriented C-level business executive with 15 years of experience directing overall aspects of technology development and commercialisation within the Oil and Gas sector, and most recently moved into the renewables sector as part of the energy transition with Mocean energy. He has spent the last 10 years within SME technology companies mainly to develop and deploy disruptive technologies to highly conservative and forward-thinking end users. Prior to this, Ian spent the earlier part of his career with Schlumberger working both domestically and internationally.

Jenny Young
Head of Business Operations
Jenny has 20 years of experience in senior operations roles in various technology-focused companies. She has worked across several industries including Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Oil and Gas and now Renewables. With a particular interest in putting company strategies into practice and managing the organisation changes required to do this, she is a respected senior manager with expertise in all aspects of running a company including business operations, project management, quality management systems and company administration. Jenny has a first class degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Oxford.

Jay Parle
Head of Engineering
After graduating from The Robert Gordon University in 2003, Jay started his career in oil & gas, where he gained extensive experience in systems engineering and managing subsea projects. Jay has taken products and systems from early development to commissioning and managed teams of experts to deliver on projects in O&G, Nuclear and Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) sectors. Before joining Mocean, Jay worked on a key UK CCS project that involved him investigating alternative renewables power supplies, and this is where his interest in wave energy technology and Mocean started.

Jon Clarke
Head of Projects
Jon is a senior project manager with experience in oil & gas, renewable energy and public events. Before joining Mocean Energy, Jon was Innovation Development Officer for Community Energy Scotland. Previously, Jon has worked as Senior Operations Manager for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Ceremonies, Project Director for environmental arts charity NVA, and Instrument Engineer for Talisman Energy’s Flotta Catchment Area. Jon has an MSc in Renewable Energy Development from Heriot Watt University and a BEng (Hons) in Electronic Engineering with Management Studies from University College London.

Yan Gunawardena
Head of Technical Operations
Yan is a practical problem-solving specialist with long experience in renewables in the marine environment. Prior to joining Mocean Energy, Yan was responsible for testing wave energy company Albatern’s first full-scale Squid 6 prototype across multiple deployment sites on the west coast of Scotland. Yan’s experience also includes working for Edinburgh Designs, overseeing the workflow on the installation of numerous of custom-built wave tanks around the world including FloWave in Edinburgh, the Nantes Wide Tank in France and the Marin Depressurised Wave Basin, Holland.

Gabriel Scarlett
Head of Modelling and Testing
Gabriel has a PhD in Marine Engineering and a MEng in Mechanical Engineering with Renewable Energy, both from the University of Edinburgh. His expertise in fluid mechanics and numerical methods led to the development of specialist software for ocean engineering applications. During his PhD he built a numerical model to investigate the unsteady hydrodynamics of tidal turbine blades during waves and turbulence. These have been used to unravel for the first time the unsteady hydrodynamics along the span of a full-scale tidal turbine blade.

Alfred Cotten
Head of Modelling and Testing

Mark Casson
Financial Manager
Mark is a professional accountant who brings a broad range of experience to the Mocean Energy team. In a career which encompasses the Accountancy, Consulting and IT sectors Mark has held responsibility for international collaborations, IT strategy and major change programmes, alongside financial management and technology consulting. At Mocean Energy Mark oversees all financial aspects of the business including supplier relationship management and has a key role in shaping our overall business strategy.

Cinthia Medrado
QHSE Manager
Cinthia joins the Mocean Energy team with a wealth of experienced gained in process engineering, quality, health and safety and project management roles. Since 2015 she has been working in the ocean energy sector with key positions at test facilities specialists Edinburgh Design and wave energy firm Abatern. Her role will to be ensure that quality and safety are embedded within all processes and procedures at Mocean Energy. Cinthia is fluent in Portuguese and has a BSc in Chemical Engineering and a post-grad degree in Petrochemical Process Engineering, both from the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil.

Andrea Caio
Business Development Manager
Andrea discovered Mocean in 2018, as part of a four-year industrially focused doctoral programme (IDCORE). His research with the company has bridged metrics and physical modelling, attempting to link these to the overall development process. Having grown with the company, he has transitioned to a full-time role combining technical and commercial elements. Previously, Andrea worked in a product development company in Cambridge (UK). He holds a MEng in Engineering Science from Oxford University and is a CELTA-qualified teacher. As a sports and languages enthusiast, he has completed an Ironman 70.3 and worked across 5 countries.

Chris Zealand
Design Engineer

Andrew Douglas
Applications & Sales Engineer
Andrew started his career in the oil & gas sector, where he gained experience in subsea tooling, control systems and engineering principles. He brings over nine years of experience in various industries leading and managing product innovation, design and development, taking products from initial concept through to commercialisation. At Mocean Energy, Andrew is leading front-end technical and commercial engagement with customers by presenting them with solutions to their requirements for the delivery of wave energy projects.

Tom Jackson
Operations Supervisor

Mac Versey
Research Engineer

Nian Liu
Research Engineer

Jamie Tait
Electrical Systems Engineer
Jamie has 15 years of experience on global marine vessels and offshore installations, with a focus on power system equipment. He worked on the installation and commissioning of marine power plant systems prior to undertaking a degree in electrical engineering. On completion of his degree, Jamie pursued his interest in renewable sources of power generation through completing his PhD at the University of Strathclyde, which has a focus on converter-based generation and its integration into the grid.

Rich Walker
Test Engineer
Rich has over 15 years’ experience in the marine energy and offshore sector. He earned his PhD from the University of Exeter and his research informed the creation and ongoing development of offshore weather risk and planning software. His knowledge covers a number of coding languages and techniques which he applies to the analysis of offshore structures, systems and methods. Rich has worked in mooring design and brings on board his extensive scale model testing experience. Rich is also a highly qualified hockey coach, specialising in goalkeeper coaching, and a keen woodworker, having completed projects as diverse as living room furniture and guitars.

Timofei Averkiev
Numerical Modelling Assistant
Timofei is an undergraduate student at the University of Edinburgh studying Mathematics and Physics. He has a background in coding with Python and MATLAB and a great interest in machine learning. With experience in programming and software development, he has joined the Numerical Modelling team following a programming internship at Mocean Energy, creating software tools that help gather and analyse large amounts of wave data. He also regularly assists with various numerical modelling projects, improving the current mathematical algorithms.

Rindai Machokoto
Electrical Engineering Intern
Rindai is a motivated and ambitious individual currently pursuing his MEng in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. With a focus on power electronics and control systems, he is dedicated to finding optimal control methods for power electronic converters. As an intern, Rindai utilizes MATLAB and Simulink to simulate various converter configurations and conducts extensive literature reviews to stay updated on industry advancements. His prior placement at a tidal turbine research facility provided hands-on experience and strengthened his problem-solving skills. With a passion for renewable energy, Rindai envisions making significant contributions to the field in the future.