Roland Mckie

Roly spent more than 30 years with the United Kingdom’s HM Coastguard where he spent 12 years as a front line SAR coordinator at MRCCs Dover and Great Yarmouth. This was followed by 19 years in various roles and ranks in SAR administration and management, working on policy, procedure and process design, development and implementation. He was also engaged for several years as international liaison officer for the UK Coastguard. He was later part the senior management team providing strategic direction and leadership to the running of the coastguard service. The last 6 years of his career was as Head of Operational Standards, overseeing operational audits of the Coastguard, and promoting high operational standards. _x000d_
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Before joining HM Coastguard he had worked in civilian commercial aviation and then served in the UK Royal Air Force for 9 years._x000d_
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Roly is based in Southampton, UK.