Talk by
Rear Admiral Bob Mark
MSc, FRIN, FIOD, ChD
The South West Coast Path: A Smuggling Legacy
Bob is a former Royal Navy Hydrographer, the Navy’s smallest, and oldest, sub-specialisation, which surveys the seas and oceans to create the charts and navigational data published by the UK Hydrographic Office.
Bob has commanded four of the Navy’s specialist survey ships, and held roles in civil and military policy, and in the procurement of a replacement fleet of modern specialist vessels.
He has been the Director of Corporate Strategy for Defence Logistics and the Naval Director of the Royal College of Defence Studies in London.
He retired from the Navy as a Rear Admiral in 2007, becoming a partner in a global strategy consultancy.
Bob is a Freeman of the City of London, and has been Master of one of the City Livery Companies, the Worship Company of Water Conservators.
He has been a Trustee of the SW Coast Path Association Charity since 2017, and Chair of the the Association Board of Trustees for the past year.
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