End-to-end offshore wind

Our unmatched experience in end-to-end offshore wind from project exploration to operation and life-time extension is delivering some of the world’s largest offshore wind farms more efficiently and at lower cost.
Lineup of yellow monopiles awaiting installation

Primary Structures

WT's approach to primary structure design is second to none. Our industry leading approach to monopile design is equalled by our extensive expertise in jackets and our key role in developing floating foundations. Whether at an early screening stage, a detailed design stage or looking for a partner to support you through the lifecycle of a project, we can save you time and money. If just starting out, our integrated in-house load assessment capability includes aero-elastic analysis as part of a fully integrated assessment, alongside hydrodynamic loading and seismic effects. If in a later phase of a project, we cover all expected structural forms, from monopiles to gravity bases, and can tackle novel solutions on a first-principles basis. Whatever you need, wherever you are in the world, come and talk to us, we love a challenge!

Department Leadership

Morten Nielsen

Morten Nielsen

Associate Director, Head of Dept

Anthony Setiadi

Anthony Setiadi

Chief Consultant

Matthew Simms

Matthew Simms

Chief Consultant

Matthew Geary

Matthew Geary

Associate Director

Hovick Boughosyan

Hovick Boughosyan

Lead Engineer

Christopher Galbraith

Christopher Galbraith

Lead Engineer

William Heaps

William Heaps

Lead Engineer

Bjørn Mikkelsen

Bjørn Mikkelsen

Lead Engineer

Gillian Pollard

Gillian Pollard

Lead Engineer

Vaughan Pryce-Jenkins

Vaughan Pryce-Jenkins

Lead Engineer

Emrah Sahin

Emrah Sahin

Lead Engineer

Deliverables

Design BasesDesign BriefsTechnical NotesMP-TP ConfigurationDesign Assumption RegisterDesign ReportConcept/FEED Foundation DesignBolted Flange DesignULS/FLS/ALS/SLS AnalysisClustering AnalysisWave and Load Time SeriesCyclic Degradation AssessmentLoad AssessmentILALILA with and w/o OEMFoundation Weight MapCorrosion Specification and DrawingsCathodic Protection Design Report/ModellingStructural Health MonitoringCarbon and Energy Assessment
Worker climbing yellow ladder on monopile

Secondary Structures

Innovation isn't just key to efficiency for foundations, it also drives cost savings and increased health and safety for secondary offshore structures. At Wood Thilsted, we have designed innovations across work platforms, ladders, boat landings and more that are making access, egress and work tasks safer and faster. We do this by using cutting edge 3D modelling and integrating more closely with the people and technology across other departments. It's amazing what you can achieve when you work together!

Department Leadership

Koen Legrand

Koen Legrand

Associate Director, Head of Dept

Esben Stagsted

Esben Stagsted

Chief Consultant

David Blundell

David Blundell

Lead Engineer

Amir Farajifard

Amir Farajifard

Lead Engineer

William Hancock

William Hancock

Lead Engineer

Silhouette

Will Micklethwaite

Lead Engineer

Deliverables

LV Equipment ListITT Drawing setFatigue ImpactBoat LandingInternal PlatformsExternal PlatformsDesign Risk AssessmentDrawings (AFR, AFC)Stress Concentration FactorsWeight Report and MTO3D ModelLV Design DrawingsLV Power Earthing and Bonding StudiesLV Lighting StudyLV Instructions and Procedures
Rows and rows of core samples

Geotech Eng & Design

WT’s Geotechnical interpretation and state-of-the-art soil structure interaction techniques assures highly optimised foundation designs So how do we work? In the early stage of project development, our Geotechnical team can deliver the full suite of services to tell you about the feasibility of fixed bottom or floating foundations. If working with us longer term our seabed interaction analysis including seabed mobility assessment, scour assessment and protection design, cable route engineering, jackup feasibility and leg penetration studies will integrate with our primary steels team to ensure efficient, effective tailored design for each and every foundation. So whatever project stage you are at you can rely on our geotechnical support to put you ahead of the rest.

Department Leadership

Paul Gibbs

Paul Gibbs

Associate Director, Head of Dept

Frederik Agergaard

Frederik Agergaard

Chief Consultant

Paul Knight

Paul Knight

Director of Quality

Brian Mackenzie

Brian Mackenzie

Technical Director

Amir Shajarati

Amir Shajarati

Technical Director

Christopher Lomax

Christopher Lomax

Associate Director

Marijn Dekker

Marijn Dekker

Lead Engineer

Gerry Murphy

Gerry Murphy

Lead Engineer

Iona Richards

Iona Richards

Lead Engineer

Simone Schmieder

Simone Schmieder

Lead Engineer

Evita Skiada

Evangelia (Evita) Skiada

Lead Engineer

Deliverables

Desk StudyLandfall assessmentPSHA/SRALiquefaction assessmentPreliminary GIRGIRJackup feasibility assessmentExport cable route selectionCable route selectionCable route engineeringScour assessment and protection designClient representativeGeotech representativeGeotech FEMAnchor feasibility assessmentFoundation feasibility assessment
Offshore windfarm

Project Delivery

Offshore wind projects are highly complex, which is why WT’s Project Delivery division brings together project directors with decades of experience to ensure the highest level of project governance and focus on risk reduction to assure project delivery on budget and time. Unlike other consultancies, WT directors play an integral role in the delivery and decision making in our projects using the principle of constructive support. That means three things, 1) using WT’s exceptional experience in Offshore Wind to assist and guide clients in the face of whatever challenges arise during a project. 2) rather than reacting, WT Project Managers work to actively manage risks ahead of time in order to deliver on priorities. 3) using smart tools to ensure clients have all the management information they need when they need it in whatever system they need it. In other words we're looking out for you so you don't end up in uncharted waters, but if the unexpected does happen, don't worry we can help. Just ask our clients about their positive feedback.

Department Leadership

Ashley Hobbs

Ashley Hobbs

Director of Project Delivery

Laure Grignon

Laure Grignon

Associate Director

Ruth Stevens

Ruth Stevens

Associate Director

Peter Sunnucks

Peter Sunnucks

Associate Director

Luke Fussell

Luke Fussell

Lead Project Manager

Joshua Lindfield

Joshua Lindfield

Lead Project Manager

Wojciech Sitkiewicz

Wojciech Sitkiewicz

Lead Project Manager

Simon Turpin

Simon Turpin

Lead Project Manager

Deliverables

Owners EngineeringProgrammes and SchedulingCost EstimatingDesign Stage Gate ManagementScope and Change ManagementProject coordinationInterface ManagementRequirements ManagementProject Risk ManagementDesign Risk ManagementFinancial Control & ReportingDocument Control & Information Management
Topology rendering

Geophysics

Our team of geophysical specialists form a market leading centre of technical excellence for the scoping, tendering, management and evaluation of all the geophysical surveys required for the development of your offshore windfarm. Many of our team have spent years working with survey contractors. This experience, when combined with our solutions-focussed approach to ground modelling and seabed interpretation, provides efficient, high quality support to our clients and in-house foundation design teams. Our GIS and data management services provide user friendly mapping of spatial data, allowing project opportunities and constraints to be efficiently managed.

Department Leadership

Vanrisch Mclean

Vanrisch Mclean

Associate Director, Head of Dept

Lucy Catt

Lucy Catt

Chief Consultant

Pelle Gulbrandsen

Pelle Gulbrandsen

Lead Geophysicist

Deliverables

GIS projectGIS data managementGround modelling
Monopile components before assembly

Transport & Installation

Wood Thilsted's combination of integrated in-house expertise, combined with global and local experience, means no design is ever presented to a client that can't be effectively and efficiently installed. What's more if you have a design that you just need to make happen, we can work with you to ensure transport and installation is as cost effective and as smooth as possible. We're contractor agnostic so whomever you ask us to support we can work with them to ensure precise locations are optimal, adjust boundaries or fine-tune their proposed methodology. As with everything at Wood Thilsted we're always looking ahead and so within this team, we also analyse and design floating structures. So if you are also looking ahead come and talk to us about how we use Orcaflex combined with our own technologies to design the energy transition.

Department Leadership

Marek Niedzielak

Marek Niedzielak

Associate Director

Simon Beckett

Simon Beckett

Chief Consultant

Paul Cassidy

Paul Cassidy

Lead Engineer

Neil Hopkins

Neil Hopkins

Lead Engineer

Charles Humphreys

Charles Humphreys

Lead Engineer

Deliverables

TP set-down analysisTemporary Stability analysisJacket transportation analysisInterface management with T&I contractorsRequirements managementDesign of transportation and installation aids
Storm forming over sea

Climate Analytics & Loads

The Climate Analytics and Loads department brings together wind and metocean expertise in a unique way. Our energy specialists come from world leading dedicated wind consultancies, for both onshore and offshore environments, and work hand in hand with our experts, from well-established metocean analysis outfits. The team comprises some of the most innovative thinkers in the industry with thousands of years of Atmospheric and Oceanographic data analyses under their collective belt. This experience is used to undertake high quality Energy Production and Site Conditions Assessments, as well as other studies that rely on the climatic knowledge of the site (i.e., Weather Window Analysis, Measurement Campaign Specification). Simply put, whether looking for an estimate of an onshore or offshore wind farm's future energy production; or the most efficient analysis for the detailed design of each and every foundation, come and talk to us!

Department Leadership

Dennis Hindhede

Dennis Hindhede

Chief Consultant

Bruna de Queiroz

Bruna de Queiroz

Lead Engineer

Deliverables

Measurement campaign specificationPre-construction Energy Production AssessmentAtmospheric and Oceanographic Site Conditions Assessment (AOSCA)Layout designWeather window Analysis
Red survey ship sailing on water

Survey Management

Every site is different and from the outset our team establishes a clear site development strategy that manages time and cost. This means survey management scopes that meet the needs of each stage of the project rather than one size fits all. We can then step away or run the tenders and manage the process. The choice is yours!

Department Leadership

John Cudden

John Cudden

Associate Director, Head of Dept

Simon Faulkner

Simon Faulkner

Chief Consultant, Taiwan Country Manager

Josie Milner

Josie Milner

Lead Engineer

Deliverables

Site development survey strategyG&G SurveyLab Testing Management
Anthony Setiadi

Anthony Setiadi

Chief Consultant

Anthony has been in the materials and corrosion field for 19 years in academia and industry. He has broad experience in the energy industry after working in nuclear, oil and gas and offshore wind. He has covered projects from concept and all the way to operation asset integrity and life extensions, including management of various stages of design, procurement and fabrication for materials and corrosion protection. Anthony is supporting Wood Thilsted projects worldwide to deliver robust corrosion protection design on our structures. Throughout his career, Anthony has also been heavily involved in Institute of Corrosion and especially in training younger engineers through developing the Young Engineer’s Programme.
Matthew Simms

Matthew Simms

Chief Consultant

Matthew is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with 15 years’ experience working on dynamic structural analysis, complex finite element modelling as well as a specialist in offshore wind substructure design. He has been working in offshore wind foundation analysis and design for 10 years, including design projects from concept through to detailed design as well as structural health monitoring and general engineering consultancy inputs to our clients. Throughout his career, Matthew has established and maintained key contacts within the industry and enjoys pushing the engineering boundaries and the industry norms. He has a good client manner and is always willing to take the time to explain technical topics to clients in a way that allows their full understanding of the issues.
Matthew Geary

Matthew Geary

Associate Director

Matt is lead primary steel engineer at Wood Thilsted with over a decade of experience in offshore structures and a passion for developing high functioning technical teams. He has a background in complex nonlinear finite element analysis and fatigue design. He recently led the Primary Steel design of WTG jacket structure which is in fabrication and is currently PS lead for an XXL monopile detailed design.
Hovick Boughosyan

Hovick Boughosyan

Lead Engineer

Hovick is a chartered lead primary steel engineer at Wood Thilsted with over 13 years of experience in offshore structures engineering. He has a background in finite element analysis and primary steel design of jacket and monopile structures. Hovick has experience leading and delivering designs from concept stage through FEED and detailed design.
Christopher Galbraith

Christopher Galbraith

Lead Engineer

Chris is a Lead Primary Structures engineer with over 10 years’ experience in engineering consultancy, focussing on offshore structural design and analysis. Chris has led primary steel detailed design teams for both jacket and monopile foundations for offshore wind in addition to carrying out numerous concept and FEED design scopes. Throughout his career, Chris has established and maintained key contacts within the industry and enjoys pushing the engineering boundaries and the industry norms. In addition to design, Chris has considerable experience in integrity management of existing structures from his previous roles in the oil and gas industry. Chris is a chartered member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
William Heaps

William Heaps

Lead Engineer

Will is a versatile engineer with qualifications in Naval Architecture and Automotive Engineering. At WT, he supports the finite element analysis team in the design of primary and secondary steel structures. With a company focus on development of people and design capability, responsibilities also include the use of programming to automate the design of wind turbine foundations to enable efficient delivery on projects. Recent experience has included the detailed modelling of large diameter bolted flange and grouted connections.
Bjørn Mikkelsen

Bjørn Mikkelsen

Lead Engineer

Bjørn is a materials engineer by trade with more than 10 years of international experience, mainly within the offshore sector – including the practical parts hereof. He has experience with the entire value chain covering design, fabrication, installation and operation of WTG foundations. He started his career in Oil&Gas working on a construction site, since followed by a move to offshore wind where he was involved with the development and implementation of a novel monopile corrosion monitoring system. After working two years with pressure vessel fabrication, and becoming a certified welding engineer, he has now returned to offshore wind where he split his time between the design office and the construction site. He works with any material related matters including material selection, corrosion and fabrication support but his main focus is the design and implementation of Structural Health Monitoring solutions for new and existing assets.
Vaughan Pryce-Jenkins

Vaughan Pryce-Jenkins

Lead Engineer

Vaughan is a lead primary steel engineer with a speciality in finite element analysis and connection design, particularly bolted flange connections. He has worked in the offshore engineering industry for more than a decade. Vaughan has a successful track record with Wood Thilsted in pushing the boundaries for connection design of XXL foundations through innovating on long-accepted designs and working closely with certifiers to help define the gold standard analysis approach. He has also developed industry-leading in-house analysis tools and has helped grow the company-wide expertise in nonlinear finite element analysis
Koen Legrand

Koen Legrand

Associate Director, Head of Dept

Koen is a Lead Secondary Structures engineer with 10 years of experience working in the offshore industry. Since starting his career in the offshore sector in 2011, Koen has been involved in designing primary and secondary structures for fixed and floating structures. He has worked on internal and external secondary systems, including the interaction with the primary steel. He has a strong focus on client interaction and developing a safe and fabrication-friendly design. Throughout his career, Koen has worked with numerous clients and fabricators in Europe and Asia, giving him in-depth knowledge in the practical aspects of designing Secondary Structures.
Esben Stagsted

Esben Stagsted

Chief Consultant

Esben Stagsted is a dedicated structural specialist with an extensive structural lead and design engineer experience, across multiple detailed offshore wind foundations design projects as consultant in both Europe and Asia. Most of his career he has focused on the secondary steel structures for monopile and jacket foundation structures. His experience includes the design of secondary steel, grouted connection, detailed linear/non-linear steel analysis, detailed steel fatigue analysis both deterministic and in time domain, hydrodynamic loading, design risk assessment and finite element modelling as part of the inhouse design capability for complete analysis of the specialised secondary structures for offshore wind foundation structures. The experience covers design certification, fabrication, installation and maintenance of the secondary structures and his references include fabrication follow-up, yard handling, transport analysis and novel solutions for fast and robust offshore installation of secondary structures for both grouted MP/TP solutions, Flanged MP/TP solution, TP-less solutions and jacket TP’s, platforms and for boat landings.
David Blundell

David Blundell

Lead Engineer

David Blundell is a lead engineer in Wood Thilsted’s Secondary Steel Team. He is a chartered engineering with over 10 years’ experience in the structural design and assessment of structures for the offshore wind and oil and gas markets. His experience includes leading the delivery of WTG foundation secondary steel design from concept through to detailed design delivery and offshore substation detailed design.
Amir Farajifard

Amir Farajifard

Lead Engineer

Amir is the Lead engineer for Electrical and Instrumentation systems, supporting Wood Thilsted with LV systems requirements and design. His design background for electrical systems started in 2008 with earthing and lightning protection systems, goes to low voltage packages and equipment, and continued to high voltage gridlines and substation and their control system. His experience comes from the energy section, oil and gas, and power systems where he designed, supervised the fabrications and erections, tested, and handed over different electrical and automation packages and systems to different offshore projects all around the world. His main focus in Wood Thilsted is to support projects with power systems studies, designing distribution and control panels, lighting, cabling, and cable management systems, earthing and bonding, lightning protection requirements, and instrumentations.
Will Micklethwaite

Will Micklethwaite

Lead Engineer

Will is a Chartered Engineer with over 7 years’ experience in the offshore wind industry. He has demonstrated expertise in secondary structures design for monopile and jacket wind turbine foundations, from concept stage through to detailed design and fabrication support. He has worked closely with clients across Europe and the United States, leading teams to design functional, safe, and fabrication-friendly structures. He also has experience in the design of offshore substation topside and foundations. He is motivated by challenging the existing norms to deliver cost- and carbon-efficient solutions with a focus on automation and standardisation.
Paul Gibbs

Paul Gibbs

Associate Director, Head of Dept

Paul has over 15 years’ experience in urban and offshore geotechnical projects including planning, geo-environmental assessments, design, site investigation and project management. Paul has been responsible for the co-ordination and delivery of multi-disciplinary onshore and offshore projects. Project involvement has included desk studies, identification of development risks, site investigation scoping; supervision and management, laboratory analysis, preparation of detailed ground models, assessment of environmental contaminated land risk, derivation of geotechnical design parameters, foundation design and construction supervision. Paul also has a strong background in directors and team management.
Frederik Agergaard

Frederik Agergaard

Chief Consultant

Frederik has been engaged in site investigations and ground conditions assessment for offshore wind farm projects of nearly 10 GW in various stages from early stage development through to detailed design as either contractor, consultant or developer. He has served in roles as Client’s package manager, onshore project manager and technical lead for soil interpretation and lab testing, through which he has gained extensive experience in managing and supporting large scale, multi-vessel geotechnical and geophysical site investigations from tender to delivery of interpretation reports, ground model development including hands-on experience in overseeing and optimizing geotechnical laboratory testing. Additionally, Frederik has experience with developing and designing offshore cable routes navigating and conforming to the various local environmental, legislative, installation, and maintenance requirements as well as assessing burial risk.
Paul Knight

Paul Knight

Director of Quality

Paul has more than 20 years experience in offshore, urban and civil geotechnical projects including planning, site investigation, design, construction and project management. Paul has been leading the geotechnical development and design of offshore wind projects since 2009. He has considerable experience in client development strategy / support and risk management, geoscience desk studies and due diligence, offshore survey planning and execution, geotechnical interpretation and design and installation assessment of foundations, cables and jackups. Paul is experienced in software development and data management to assist with engineering design and processes.
Brian Mackenzie

Brian Mackenzie

Technical Director

Brian is a chartered engineer with over 25 years’ experience in offshore geotechnical engineering. His skills include site characterisation – ranging from regional reviews of geological conditions and associated risks and constraints for foundation installation and performance - to designing site-specific campaigns and leading subsequent detailed interpretation, all for a wide range of structure types and design environments.
Amir Shajarati

Amir Shajarati

Technical Director

Amir is a civil engineer with more than seven years of experience within offshore engineering. He has worked with structural analysis and design of offshore jacket structures for oil platforms and for more than 6 years he has been working as an offshore geotechnical and structural engineer performing geotechnical interpretative works of advanced laboratory tests and primary MP/TP design derivation. Amir holds a M.Sc. from Aalborg University where he extensively worked with the cyclic response of soils with emphasis on the design of suction caissons for wind turbines.
Christopher Lomax

Christopher Lomax

Associate Director

With over 30 years’ experience in geotechnical, civil and marine engineering, advisory and project management, Chris has international onshore and marine experience of engineering and environmental consultancy, contracting and manufacturing. His offshore wind experience started with the Blyth Offshore Wind Farm in 1999, continuing through Round 1, 2 and 3 projects in the UK, plus windfarms in the USA and Australia and includes Fixed and Floating Offshore Wind, cable infrastructure, cost models and port / O&M facilities. Chris started working on subsea cable projects in 1998, initially telecom, but increasingly power cables (including interconnectors and offshore wind). Chris has led and supported port projects for 15 years, primarily in relation to facilities for offshore wind and subsea technology, for offshore wind developers, OEMs, ports and the public sector. He also has experience in marine renewables, including tidal stream and wave power projects.
Marijn Dekker

Marijn Dekker

Lead Engineer

Marijn has been working as a geotechnical engineer on offshore projects since 2014, initially designing suction caisson foundations for several offshore wind and oil and gas projects, including the first offshore wind farm fully founded on suction caisson foundations. Since joining Wood Thilsted in 2018 he has been leading the geotechnical design of several Taiwanese offshore wind farms. He has a strong background in formulation of foundation stiffness using advanced numerical models and analysis of soil-structure interaction effects.
Gerry Murphy

Gerry Murphy

Lead Engineer

Gerry is a geotechnical engineer and project manager with more than 10 years of experience in both onshore and offshore geotechnical design, research and technical advisory. He has focused on offshore wind for much of his career and since 2018 he has worked in the Asian offshore wind energy sector on a variety of projects in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. His technical involvement has included conceptual design, early-stage feasibility studies, geotechnical interpretation and technical advisory for owners, equity purchasers and lenders. Gerry also has considerable experience in pile design including finite element modelling, pile drivability assessments and the interpretation of pile loading tests. Gerry has been based in Japan and working on other Japanese projects since early 2021 developing his geotechnical expertise for Japanese projects. He is currently head of our Japan office in a combined Geotechnical engineering, project delivery and business development role.
Iona Richards

Iona Richards

Lead Engineer

Iona is a Geotechnical Engineer with expertise in soil-structure interaction. Since joining Wood Thilsted in 2020 she has led projects involving cyclic test interpretation, pile installation and pile design. Most recently, she led the geotechnical work package for the detailed design of a UK offshore wind farm. Prior to joining Wood Thilsted, Iona completed a PhD exploring the response of monopile foundations to cyclic loading at Oxford University.
Simone Schmieder

Simone Schmieder

Lead Engineer

Simone is a Geotechnical Engineer with more than six years of experience in offshore wind. She has been leading the delivery of key geotechnical scopes from the early stages through to detailed design. Her strengths lie in connecting the dots between site investigation, data interpretation and geotechnical design & installation providing holistic advice considering the entire lifecycle of the foundation. Simone is very passionate about data management, interpretation and visualisation and is responsible for the development of our in-house soil interpretation software. She is a Chartered Engineer at the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Evita Skiada

Evangelia (Evita) Skiada

Lead Engineer

Evita is a highly skilled Geotechnical engineer with a formidable record in academia and private sector. She has 10 years of experience in urban and offshore geotechnical projects including design, site investigation and project management. Since joining Wood Thilsted in 2018, Evita has been leading the seismic design of several Taiwanese offshore wind farms. She has also been responsible for the co-ordination and delivery of multi-disciplinary offshore projects, including desk studies, derivation of geotechnical design parameters and foundation design. Prior to starting as an engineer in Wood Thilsted, Evita was part of the numerical research group at Imperial College London where she carried out her PhD in engineering seismology. She is a Chartered engineer of the Institute of Civil Engineers. Evita’s areas of expertise include geotechnical earthquake engineering, geotechnical hazards, engineering seismology and FE modelling. In addition, she has assessed earthquake risk for various engineering structures (i.e. shallow foundations, pile groups and slope stability remedial measures), interpreted global seismic regulations and compiled reports for seismic hazard and geological desk studies.
Ashley Hobbs

Ashley Hobbs

Director of Project Delivery

Ashley is the Director of Project Delivery, leading WT’s team of Project Managers and Project Administrators. He is passionate about continuously improving how we do things and finding new ways to help meet the challenges faced by our clients. Ashley also holds a variety of project roles as a Project Director, Project Manager and Design Manager. Through these roles he focused on facilitating effective collaboration between our delivery teams and our clients, helping to cut through complexity, balance risks and embedding project delivery best practice across our projects. Ashley is a Chartered Engineer and has extensive experience of managing complex projects in the offshore space, including delivery of designs for major offshore substations and WTG foundations.
Laure Grignon

Laure Grignon

Associate Director

Laure is a Project Manager experienced in managing technical work at all stages of an offshore wind project, from bid development through to operations and maintenance. She started her career as a Metocean specialist applying her strong programming skills to the modelling of engineering and logistics problems. Laure was then involved in the management of technical packages, such as Metocean, resource assessment, project optimisation and operations and maintenance, during the early stages of project development. Over the last few years, she has acted as the deputy offshore construction manager of a pilot wind farm in the UK, has provided due diligence and certification services and acted as project manager for detailed foundation designs. Laure now leads the provision of owner’s engineering services to offshore wind projects in the bidding or development phases.
Ruth Stevens

Ruth Stevens

Associate Director

Ruth is a chartered Mechanical Engineer, with over 20 year experience in managing global energy projects. Experienced in multi-national projects, both from a Contractor and Company stance, Ruth is delivery focussed with a passion for improved collaboration. With a deep knowledge of offshore construction, Ruth brings added diversity of experience to the project management team. Ruth is married with 1 daughter, and lives in Surrey, UK.
Peter Sunnucks

Peter Sunnucks

Associate Director

Peter is a Chartered Engineer with over 15 years’ of experience in engineering design projects including offshore wind, aerospace and defence. He has a holistic approach to team leadership and solving complex technical problems, alongside strategy setting, risk management and cultivating high-performing teams. Peter is focused on fostering successful client relationships and building collaborative working environments. He has a comprehensive background of leading design teams and supporting clients through complex decisions, within an emphasis on delivery and cost control. He has a full understanding of the design cycle process and ensuring best practice is implemented. Peter has spent the last three years working as project manager for Dogger Bank: the world’s largest offshore windfarm. He lives in Bristol with his wife, young daughter, and black Labrador retriever. He enjoys running and adventures in the great outdoors.
Luke Fussell

Luke Fussell

Lead Project Manager

Luke is a mechanical engineer from Bristol, with over 15 years or professional engineering experience, 11 of those within the wind and offshore engineering sectors. From a predominantly technical background spent carrying such diverse activities as detailed FE modelling, fatigue crack growth calculations, wind turbine blade design and even cryogenic piping, in more recent years I’ve moved towards a project management focus. I joined WT in February 2019 and have spent the last 2 years as project manager for East Anglia Hub: the world’s largest offshore wind farm.
Joshua Lindfield

Joshua Lindfield

Lead Project Manager

Josh has 8 years project management experience, from working internationally for Tier 1 contractors and with subcontract management. Josh’s background is in naval architecture and structural design, where he has achieved chartered engineer status. Josh aligns with a Lean style of project management, working to achieve efficiency in the processes that build the fabric of a good project. Josh lives in Bristol with his partner and yellow Labrador retriever.
Wojciech Sitkiewicz

Wojciech Sitkiewicz

Lead Project Manager

Wojciech is a mechanical engineer from Warsaw with 10 years of professional experience. He spent early years of his career with General Electric in different positions focusing on design and maintenance of GE's rotating equipment portfolio. He then held project management roles in different manufacturing companies from Oil&Gas and railway sectors, coordinating remote global teams delivering products from concept design to product installation and commissioning. Wojciech is an advocate of a clear and unambiguous project scope and early risk indentification and mitigation. At WT Wojciech is managing BC-Wind project in the Baltic Sea.
Simon Turpin

Simon Turpin

Lead Project Manager

Simon is a chartered Naval Architect with over 15 years experience in the shipping, offshore and renewable sectors. Experienced in working within and managing diverse, multi-cultural remote teams for certification and verification projects, Simon is focussed on implementing best practice project management to aid delivery to cost, time and quality requirements. Simon lives with his partner and 2 young children in South East London and enjoys cycling and kitesurfing.
Vanrisch Mclean

Vanrisch Mclean

Associate Director, Head of Dept

Vanrisch is a geophysicist with almost 15 years of professional experience gained whilst working on oil and gas and renewable projects in the North Sea, West Africa, North America and mainland Europe. His main specialism is deep geophysical methods, including 3D modelling, seismic inversion and seismic processing. Vanrisch has a broad experience base and is particularly well suited to projects involving the integration of multi-disciplinary data in complex geological environments. He has been instrumental in the testing and application of novel geophysical methods aimed at greater overall efficiency, reduced project timelines and increased ground model robustness.
Lucy Catt

Lucy Catt

Chief Consultant

Lucy is a geophysicist with 18 years’ experience in onshore and offshore geophysics for site investigations. Since 2010, she has specialised in development and optimisation of ground models for offshore wind projects, with a focus on the integration of geophysical, geotechnical, and hydrographic data to minimise the risk of unforeseen ground conditions. She has a particular interest in improving the visualisation and accessibility of ground modelling information for all stakeholders. She also has a strong track record in the provision of Owner’s Engineering and expert geophysical support services.
Pelle Gulbrandsen

Pelle Gulbrandsen

Lead Geophysicist

Pelle is a lead geophysicist, geologist and GIS specialist with +10 years professional experience from the energy and raw material industry. He has experience with both floating and fixed offshore wind project from the European mainland and the North Sea, US East Coast, Taiwan, Australia, Japan and Korea. He has considerable experience with various geophysical methods and equipment, a well-established knowledge of geology and geomorphology and the ability to combine the disciplines for geological model creation, seabed analysis and hazard identification. He is also a proficient GIS specialist and data manager and has led GIS analysis and deliverables production for multiple offshore wind projects.
Marek Niedzielak

Marek Niedzielak

Associate Director

Marek is a structural engineering specialist with 15 years of experience in the design and construction of offshore structures. He has an established track record in the delivery of major projects spanning concept development, front-end engineering, detailed design, installation, operations and decommissioning of fixed and floating structures. Marek spent most of his career at bp being deployed to multidisciplinary delivery teams executing large scale projects for offshore production facilities such as Shah Deniz 2 and Azeri Central East in the Caspian Sea and Clair South in the North Sea. He was responsible for structural scope managing performance of multiple engineering and marine installation contractors and collaborating with many specialist consultants. Marek made a transition to renewables in early 2021 starting with Noble Denton Advanced Engineering & Consulting team at DNV to work on site assessments for Jack-ups supporting offshore wind farm installation before joining Wood Thilsted in August to lead the Transport and Installation team.
Simon Beckett

Simon Beckett

Chief Consultant

Simon is a Chartered Engineer with nearly 15 years’ experience in performing, leading, and managing structural integrity assessment and design projects for clients in the offshore industry. He is a technical specialist in the assessment of fixed and floating offshore structures under strength, fatigue, and accidental conditions by complex finite element analysis, and is a member of the hearing body for DNV-RP-C203.
Paul Cassidy

Paul Cassidy

Lead Engineer

Paul is a chartered engineer with over 25 years’ of structural and civil engineering experience, principally in the engineering of offshore structures. His experience includes front end, detailed and follow-on engineering of offshore structures including topsides structures, jackets, gravity-based substructures, monopiles and link bridges. Paul has led several jacket engineering teams in the oil & gas and wind energy industries. At WT, Paul leads transportation and installation engineering scope for the company’s wind turbine foundation projects.
Neil Hopkins

Neil Hopkins

Lead Engineer

Neil is a lead engineer in Wood Thilsted's Transport and Installation Team. He is an experienced naval architect and structural engineer, having spent 23 years in the offshore and marine industries working in lead positions on concept, front-end engineering design, and detailed design stages on both fixed and floating projects.
Charles Humphreys

Charles Humphreys

Lead Engineer

Charlie Humphreys is a lead engineer in Wood Thilsted’s Transport and Installation team. Charlie is a passionate engineer driven to solve complex engineering challenges in innovative and efficient ways utilising advanced engineering analysis and coding. Charlie is a chartered naval architect with over 10 years experience delivering design and analysis solutions across the fixed and floating offshore wind and oil and gas markets.
Dennis Hindhede

Dennis Hindhede

Chief Consultant

Dennis has been working with offshore foundation design for several years and has extensive knowledge of the offshore substructure and foundation industry across multiple phases. A highly analytical professional, he has experience with different design methods to improve the cost-effectiveness and mitigate the critical parameters offshore foundations. He has been working with a wide range of technical aspects through various activities across the project phases as Lead Engineer for the primary steel foundation design and as Load Package Lead.
Bruna de Queiroz

Bruna de Queiroz

Lead Engineer

Bruna has three years of experience in numerical modelling of oceanographic processes including propagation of waves, tides, currents as well as sediment transport and seabed morphology. More recently, Bruna has been applying her oceanography background and analytical skills in the offshore wind farm industry being involved in atmospheric and oceanographic site conditions assessment as well as wind resource assessments. Particular experience in numerical modelling using Deltf3D, data analysis using Matlab/Python and spatial analysis using ArcGIS/QGIS.
John Cudden

John Cudden

Associate Director, Head of Dept

John is an experienced project manager specialising in geotechnical and geophysical site investigation projects for offshore renewables and oil and gas clients. John has worked in the offshore sector for over 10 years and has directly managed projects for many developers in the renewables sector. John also has extensive first-hand experience of offshore operations, which are invaluable in assessing and managing projects and adhering to project requirements. John’s extensive offshore and onshore experience in all aspects of the geotechnical and geophysical site investigation project timeline allows for close collaboration between project partners. This ensures project goals are prioritised whilst risks and variations are managed to achieve timely milestone objectives.
Simon Faulkner

Simon Faulkner

Chief Consultant, Taiwan Country Manager

Simon is a highly motivated Project Manager with more than 15 years’ experience working and managing across Europe and Asia-Pacific in the onshore, nearshore and offshore sectors of geotechnical investigations, geophysical site surveys and UXO/pUXO surveys and inspections. Simon has worked and managed within the Offshore Wind industry in Taiwan for the past 5 years, focusing on all aspects of offshore and nearshore ground investigation and survey initially as a contractor and, more recently, on behalf of developers. Simon’s broad experiences of working in countries with different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds provides him with the unique ability to adapt quickly to the different challenges encountered from governmental level to supply chain to language barriers to being personally resident in country.
Josie Milner

Josie Milner

Lead Engineer

Josie is a geotechnical engineer and project manager with more than 12 years of experience in both onshore and offshore geotechnical / geo-environmental assessment and design. For the past seven years, Josie has been working in the offshore wind energy sector on a variety of projects in the UK, US, Europe, Korea and Australia. Her technical involvement has included early-stage feasibility studies, site investigation planning and execution, laboratory analysis, ground modelling and geotechnical interpretation for cable and foundation design. Josie also has considerable experience in contractor and survey management for large scale, multi-vessel geophysical and geotechnical offshore site investigations from tender through delivery. Josie is currently leading Geophysical and Geotechnical work packages supporting the development of fixed and floating windfarms.
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