David Taylor

Head of Curriculum at Lloyd's Maritime Academy

Speaker

David started his career as a marine surveyor with Lloyd’s Register, based in various locations in the Far East, Europe and Scandinavia, before returning to London where he co-founded Lloyd’s Register’s customer training business, Marine Training Services (LR MTS). David led the development of learner-focussed, engaging maritime training, and acted as a trainer for many programmes. He also led the development and mentoring of other trainers around the world. During this time David gained a academic qualification in Training and Learning, while continuing to lead the maritime training business.

To broaden his experience David moved to become the Strategic Learning and Development manager for Lloyd’s Register Energy, accountable for the delivery of technical learning and development to several thousand colleagues globally across the Energy business.

After a short career break in which David gained a new perspective on learning and development, qualifying as a teacher in a STEM subject, and developing a better understanding of lifelong learning and personal development he returned to industry in 2019 as the Senior Training portfolio manager for the UK rail network, responsible for the development and delivery of safety, engineering and environmental competence for 45,000 staff nationally.

David returned to the marine industry and Lloyd’s Maritime Academy in 2021, where he is currently responsible for the strategic direction, development and quality of all Lloyd's Maritime Academy courses.