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Marine Consultants maintains a progressive and resourceful infrastructure comprising over thirty employees and a network of technical expertise, administrative offices in two locations, warehouse facilities, multi-purpose service centre, and land and sea assets.

KEY PERSONNEL

Lt. Cdr. Andre L. Lange RN - Director

Lieutenant Commander Lange, a Trinidadian citizen, served in the Royal Navy for fifteen years during which time he sailed on a variety of vessels and commanded a Coastal Minesweeper. He retired from the Royal Navy in 1961 and returned to Trinidad to join the Trinidad Pilots and Berthing Masters Association.
Mr. Lange left piloting to devote his time to business activities involving extensive interests in property and construction companies as well as in Marine Consultants. In addition to his marine experience as a Naval Officer and Marine Pilot, Mr. Lange has a Bachelor of Laws, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators and a Fellow of the British Institute of Management.


Capt. Patrick G. T. Potter - Director

Captain Potter, a Trinidadian citizen, received his initial maritime training at the H.M.S. Conway School Training Ship in the United Kingdom where he was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal. Following this he served for eleven years in the British Mercantile Marine obtaining his Masters Certificate Foreign Going.
In 1964, he joined the Trinidad Pilots and Berthing Masters Association where he served as Director, and retired in March 1997 to devote his time fully to Marine Consultants. Mr. Potter is a Member of the Nautical Institute and The Royal Institute of Navigation, and is the Safety Inspector for the Republic of Liberia, the Bahamas and The Barbados Registry.


James Potter - Managing Director

James Potter, a Trinidadian citizen, has worked for over ten years in operations management, business development and strategic alliances. His experience was gained in an international environment starting with S.G.S. Redwood in Trinidad and then in Hong Kong where he served as an Inspector in the Royal Hong Kong Marine Police. Mr. Potter was a Senior Business Manager for Securicor International responsible for and based in Latin America and the Caribbean, after which he was the Project Manager for the Risk Management Department in RBTT Financial Holdings.

Mr. Potter has a B.A. (Hons.) in Economics as well as an MSc. in Business Economics from Manchester University in the United Kingdom.


Alistair Potter - Operations Manager

Alistair Potter has over twenty years management experience in the automotive and marine industries.  He was a project manager for a large Caribbean dry dock where he managed vessel repairs with specific responsibility for work relating to hulls and the application of specialist coatings.  Prior to joining Marine Consultants (Trinidad) Ltd., he was the General Manager for a prominent boat builder specializing in the manufacture of high performance offshore power boats.

Suzanne Gowasack - Sales Manager

Suzanne Gowasack, a Trinidadian citizen, has over thirty years experience in Administration and Sales and Marketing. Ms. Gowasack has worked in the Automotive, Manufacturing and Services Sectors for both local and international companies, and has been working in the Marine industry for the past thirteen years.  Ms. Gowasack completed the Administrative Professional Secretaryship course at the University of The West Indies (School of Continuing Studies), and is currently completing an Executive Masters in Business Management through the University of the West Indies/Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business.


Richard Figueira - Sales Consultants

Richard is a citizen of Trinidad & Tobago with over twenty years experience in buying and selling security equipment.  Richard works closely with the various divisions of the Ministry of National Security and local private security firms.  As a key Account Executive for some of MCL's major clients, has developed many valuable relationships within the industry not only in Trinidad, but in other Caribbean islands.

Jean Marcus Anthony Lavine - Sales Consultants

Jean is a citizen of Trinidad & Tobago, with over fifteen years in the Oil & Gas, and Petrochemical industries. As a Sales Representative for international Oil Company, Jean worked closely with the major offshore Oil & Gas producers, as well as local land based production companies, and within the Petrochemical industries with main producers of Methanol, Nitrogen and Ammonia.  Jean is one of our key Account Executives for some of MCL's major clientele. His interest in our local culture is best portrayed in his direct involvement in Pan, Parang and as an actor in local comedy shows.

 
Silbourne Clarke - Technical Manager

Silbourne Clarke is an engineer with over 30 years experience in third party maintenance management. He spent most of his career with a multinational corporation where he managed a large commercial organisation undertaking all aspects of planned maintenance, repairs, servicing, quality control and manufacture technical reporting. Silbourne has been instrumental in the design and modification of technical assets ranging from armoured vehicles for the Caribbean and Latin America to high performance off shore race boats for competition in the USA - He is an accomplished Trinidad & Tobago sportsman and has won numerous automobile and power boat regional and international championships.