Our people

The CEO and founder of Longitude, Jake’s extensive experience covers the oil & gas, offshore wind and marine sectors. A naval architect, Jake has been involved in major ship design projects and is a trusted expert witness in legal cases involving vessel design and marine operations. He also has significant operational experience in transportation and installation (T&I) for oil & gas assets.

A highly experienced business director in offshore wind, Jan Erik has extensive experience of leading international offshore wind design teams. A structural engineer, Jan Erik is a leading expert in offshore wind project management, with in-depth knowledge of supply chains and industry stakeholders in general.

A highly experienced naval architect, Dean brings extensive experience across the ship design space, supporting newbuilds, conversions, and refit projects across maritime, defence, renewable, and oil & gas sectors. His expertise also includes managing a track record of cutting-edge alternative fuel engineering projects, with expertise across some of the world’s first zero-emission vessel designs.

One of the founders of Longitude’s parent company, ABL Group, Phil is a structural engineer and senior business leader in the offshore energy space globally. Having previously directed ABL Group’s operations in Asia-Pacific, Phil is a reputable industry professional in marine and offshore transportation and installation (T&I) engineering and consultancy.

A chartered engineer with an MSc in Safety and Reliability Engineering and a Beng in Chemical Engineering, Daniel is a recognised authority in facilities and subsea engineering in offshore energy. With a distinguished track record in oil & gas infrastructure developments and a global project portfolio, Daniel delivers integrated engineering projects that add significant value to our clients’ work. He is an industry leader in process engineering and asset integrity management.

A chartered naval architect, David has more than 30 years of experience in consultancy and marine design for oil & gas and renewable energy markets. An experienced project manager and business leader, David brings extensive knowledge in the design and analysis of floating offshore structures including FPSOs and FSOs, drilling units such as jack-ups and semi-submersibles, as well as support vessels.

Experienced professional in naval architecture, marine engineering and project management, Jacob specialises in supporting marine, offshore and energy industries through a safe and profitable transition to sustainability.

A naval architect with more than 10 years of experience in marine design, construction, survey, drydocking and technical advisory – Rob brings particular expertise in ship design and construction. Based between Halifax and New York, he runs Longitude’s North American operations, also including Houston.

With a background in naval architecture and marine engineering projects, Bernardo is the Regional Director for Longitude South America. A founder of Proper Marine – now Longitude Brazil – he has experience across a wide range of ship design, marine operations, facilities, and subsea design and engineering, combining multi-disciplined engineering with practical marine experience.

Experienced in T&I and MWS projects, including topsides lifting, loadout, floatover installation, and marine operations. Chong Hui directs marine operations engineering across Asia Pacific.