Haughton Maritime Limited was established by Chris Haughton in 2003 to provide educational and other services outlined on this website.

Chris went to sea in 1971 and qualified as a Class 1 Master Mariner in 1982. On coming ashore he went into teaching, becoming Head of School at the Nautical Campus in Fleetwood. He moved on to become Deputy Managing Director of Videotel Marine International the world's major supplier of curriculum support material for the maritime sector, producing computer-based training and high quality video training programmes.

Chris joined Lancaster University Management School in 2004 and worked largely on general management programmes for managers in the public and private sectors and directing the MSc in Project Management. He also qualified as an Executive Coach. As an educational consultant Chris maintains close links with the maritime industry, the FE sector and other industries. He is an elected Fellow and Council Member of the Nautical Institute and Chair of the Institute's Professional Development Committee; and a Fellow of the Institute for Learning. Chris was awarded the degree of Doctor of Education from the University of Birmingham (UK) in 2012 on completion of his research into the leadership of Maritime Education and Training Institutions in the UK.

For the abstract summary of this research click here. The full thesis may be accessed from http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/3564/