Chairman: Rear Admiral AFR Weir, AVCM, MRIN, MNI, FBIM, CB, JP, DL

Rear Admiral Weir served in the Royal Navy from Cadet to Flag rank for 39 years. He qualified in Navigation in 1954 and commanded 10 ships from frigate to Aircraft Carrier. Alec retired in 1981 and has since dedicated much of his time to numerous good causes in North Cornwall including the C of E. the Padstow Sea Cadets, the Delabole RNA the Bodmin Hospital, the RBL, the North Cornwall Conservatives and Naval, RNSA and the IOD clubs. As well as his many contributions to the community Alec has four daughters and nine grand-children.

Vice Chair, Human Resources and Retail: Teri Walters

Teri has lived in Padstow since 1968 when she moved here to marry a local fisherman.  Teri owns and runs five retail businesses in Padstow, is on the town council as the Trevone Councillor and is a School Governess.  Teri is fascinated by marine life and has a great love of the sea.

Founding Chairman and Fisheries - Chief Fishery Officer for Cornwall Sea Fisheries: Edwin Derriman

Edwin started his career at sea when he was just 15 years of age, where he was fishing the Norwegian Deeps and the North Sea.  He obtained his Skippers Certificate (Class 1, Deck Officer (Full)) in 1979 and went on to work for the following 26 years throughout the world as a fisherman.  In 1990 he changed direction in his career and became a Fishery Officer.  Edwin was the main initial driving force behind the Hatchery and has been working on this project since 1992.

Research – Aquaculture Nutrition: Prof Simon Davies

Simon is a Professor in fish nutrition at the University of Plymouth and the pathway leader for the MRes in Applied Fish Biology.  His research interests range from fundamental and applied fish nutrition, to global aquaculture sustainability and bio-security.  Simon’s main focus has been on alternative protein sources for fish diets.  He is a prolific publisher and is a member of the World Aquaculture Society and the Marine Biological Association.

Research - Crustacean diseases: Dr Grant Stentiford

Grant is the Director of the European Community Reference Laboratory for Crustacean Diseases based at the CEFAS Weymouth Laboratory.  Grant joined Weymouth in 2000 and his career highlights include; leading the development of molecular pathology within his team and the introduction of bio-informatics as a key requirement in linking pathology into the emerging technologies in molecular biology, such as proteomics.  This is in addition to continuing to develop his skills as a crustacean pathologist.

Strategic Development: Dr. Phil Le Grice

Dr Phil Le Grice is Director of Trials and Research at Duchy College.

Joining in 1998, his role has been to develop Duchy College’s role in research and development, and extension activities. This work has led to the college working with a huge range of industry and academic partners in training, organic research, horticulture, diversification activities leading to the formation of the Rural Business School. More recently Phil has worked to establish close links with farmers and food processors to help establish the Agri-Food innovation Centre, and its staff teams at Duchy College.

Phil’s role with the NLH is to help advise on partnership activity, funding for and planning of research and education projects.

Business Development: Jean Taylor

Jean is the Business Development Officer for Exeter University where she is responsible for managing several multimillion Euro projects for the University.

Shellfish and Legal Issues: Jeremy Simmonds RD, BA(Oxon)

Jeremy Simmonds, a retired London solicitor, has enjoyed a life-long interest in shellfish law and shellfish matters generally.  Among other things, he has had an active involvement in pressing for changes to the law as it affects shell fishermen and the shellfish industry, particularly shellfish cultivation.

Jeremy became the President of the Shellfish Association of Great Britain in November 2008 having worked closely with the three past Directors of the Association, primarily on legal issues, for nearly 40 years.  He has commented that - “The Marine and Coastal Access Bill now before Parliament, for which we have lobbied for so long, is only the latest of many legal challenges that have faced the industry.  Experience shows that it will not be the last!”

Jeremy is very pleased to have been able to join the Board of Trustees and to continue the link with the Shellfish Association of Great Britain first created by the late Dr Eric Edwards OBE, a Director of the Association for 18 years.

Jeremy is also a Liveryman of the Fishmongers’ Company, one of the sponsors of the National Lobster Hatchery.

Fundraising: Dan James, Development Manager Eden Project.

Dan joined Eden Project in September 2002 to manage its funding activity across a number of sectors including Public funds, Trusts and Foundations. His role includes raising funds to pay for programmes and projects that deliver against Eden's charitable mission, as well as playing a leading role in the establishment and maintenance of key regional stakeholder relationships. Prior to joining Eden, Dan spent 5 years working in local regeneration for Cornwall Enterprise and Government Office for the South West.

Finance: Dave Harvey FMAAT MCIE

Dave worked in the Cornish Mining Industry for about 10 years as a Procurement Officer and Stores Manager before joining the County Council in 1977. Dave has been in the Accountancy section since 1981. Dave qualified as a Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians (MAAT) in 1982 and progressed to Fellow status (FMAAT) in 1994. He became an Associate of the Association of Charity Independent Examiners in 2005 and a Full Member in 2006.

Bryan Coode

Bryan spent ten years in the Army serving around the world on land and flying helicopters. After a number of international management roles he joined a company in high performance materials.  For the last 14 years he set up and ran a European Division for Mitsubishi Materials, becoming the market leader.

In 1999 he returned to Cornwall before retiring in 2005. Since returning Bryan has spent six years as Chairman of the Cornwall Garden Society and is now Vice President, responsible for grants to horticultural research and education, is Governor of University College Falmouth, was Vice Chairman of the Cornwall Development Project managing Objective One funding for Cornwall's gardens, Trustee of Trebah Gardens and is involved in several other local organisations.

Matthew Evans

Matthew is a Professor of Ecology at the University of Exeter’s Cornwall Campus. He has wide interests in behaviour, ecology and conservation. He works at many locations around the world from Kenya and South Africa, to the USA and Brazil as well as to many parts of the UK. His main interest at present is how we will predict the impact of climate change on the natural world. It is the impact of climate change that makes it one of the 21st century’s priority issues.