Our Consultants

Richie joined Osprey in 2012, immediately following a seven year tenure at the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). He has over 34 years’ aviation experience at every level from operational aircrew, operational airspace manager, national policy maker and regulator with the CAA and international Technical Advisor to the Single European Skies Air Traffic Management (ATM) Research (SESAR) Programme.

He has an aeronautical engineering degree, which has been the foundation of his technical, as well as operational credibility, on some of the issues facing civil and military Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs).

More recently, Richie has utilised his operational and regulatory experience to assist airports and developers in airspace design and delivery of new procedures.

Doug is an experienced Chartered Engineer with a background in Defense and Air Traffic Management (ATM), with 22 years in the RAF and roles in BAE Systems and QinetiQ. At Osprey since 2008, he has excelled in aviation projects, wind farm mitigation, trials, Safety Assurance, and Interoperability. He is well-versed in UK and European regulatory standards and has led successful procurements of ATM CNS Systems.

Alastair is a Chartered Engineer with over 35 years of RAF experience and has held senior roles in the Military Aviation Authority (MAA). At Osprey, he leads aircraft certification consultations and contributes to airworthiness and safety projects, including regulatory compliance, reliability, maintainability assessments, and airworthiness strategies. His work is informed by a significant history of managing MAA certification projects and pioneering independent military aircraft certification processes in the UK.

Simon is a seasoned project management professional with a 22-year RAF background and experience in flying Tornado F3s. At Dstl, he consulted on defence policy and procurement. In Osprey’s Airports & Airspace Team, he excels in airport project support from inception to delivery and is a leading expert on UK airspace design regulations (CAP 1616). Simon is at the forefront of complex airspace change proposals and stakeholder engagement, ensuring successful navigation through CAA processes. Since 2018, he has also led radio training for military units under Project Marshall.

Stewart, with 34 years in Air Traffic Control and Management as an ATC Manager and Military Officer, joined Osprey in 2011. He is adept at managing multiple projects and delivering results. Stew specializes in assessing the technical impact of wind turbine developments on aviation, including radar and communication systems, and he adeptly facilitates stakeholder meetings. He offers strategic guidance on airspace operations and has secured regulatory approval for numerous offshore windfarm projects. Additionally, Stew is CAA-trained in Aircraft Noise Contour Modelling using the FAA AEDT software.

Foz joined Osprey early in 2014 following three years at MASS Consultants where he was a Senior Systems Engineer responsible for major deliverables to the Defence Electronic Warfare Centre.

With over 25 years’ experience in technical management and delivery of capability, he has developed an enviable background of systems and software engineering. Additionally Foz has extensive experience of MOD and Civil Air Traffic Engineering management and maintenance activities.

Currently, Foz is the lead technical consultant for a complex wind-turbine mitigation program for a major UK airport. Foz also specialises in software assurance and recently produced a substantial argument for the CAP 670 SW 01, Safety Arguments for COTS Equipment. This received positive comment from the Civil Aviation Authority regulator and was stated as an ‘Excellent’ piece of work.

Sam is an approved IFP Designer in both the UK and Ireland. Having completed training in accordance with ICAO, PANS OPS in 2012, he is qualified to design non-precision and precision IFP’s including ILS, PBN (SBAS, Baro-VNAV and RNP APCH).

Prior to joining Osprey, Sam was a founding member of the IFP Design Team at Cyrrus Limited. He is experienced in the design and implementation of IFP’s, from site visit and HAZID through the design process, flight validation and publication in the AIP.

Sam has designed procedures for many airports including: Gatwick, Chester Hawarden, Biggin Hill, Dundee, Lydd, Sumburgh, Kerry and Southend.

Marcus is a highly experienced engineering and assurance manager with a wide-ranging portfolio of transferable skills and experience. He specialises in providing engineering assurance through Quality, Safety and Information Assurance.

He joined Osprey in 2019 following a successful career spanning nearly 32 years in the Royal Air Force. During his time in the RAF, Marcus has worked as a maintainer and engineering manager on numerous radar systems and C2 platforms across the globe. While working in the Information Assurance field, he was acknowledged as the Defence lead for Ground and Air Electrical Safety, providing Risk Management advice for secure communications.

More recently, he represented the BM Force on the £1.5 billion MARSHALL ATM Programme as a Senior Engineering Assurance Manager – reviewing design proposals, technical safeguarding policy, operational risk assessments and engineering validations for newly procured equipment. He also provided technical SQEP advice at Equipment Safety Panels, analysing safety reports and trends for legacy ATM equipments.

Linda joined Osprey in 2013 and has a degree in Mechanical Engineering. She is an Incorporated Engineer with several years’ experience in Air Traffic Management consultancy, primarily in the civilian and military aviation sectors including high profile projects and international work.

Previously Linda held the position of consultant engineer with a regulatory authority, responsible for regulatory oversight of a number of industry sectors. Here she gained a strong background in regulatory affairs and issues concerning European product safety legislation. Linda took on roles as a trainee lead auditor in ISO 9001 quality management system certification audits.

Her experience ranges from financial modelling and providing technical expertise for complex projects, to undertaking aviation safety and environmental impact assessments. In her current role she regularly undertakes studies concerning changes to airspace operations and conducts market & competitor analysis.

Robby, with 38 years in the RAF and 4150 helicopter flying hours, joined Osprey after a distinguished military career, including operational flights in conflict zones and various staff appointments. He completed a Masters in Strategic Studies in the US and served as the UK Exchange Officer to HQ US Central Command. In the UK, he spearheaded the development of the No 2 Group Air Safety Management System and was Head of Air Safety for No 22 Group, integrating new training systems while complying with MAA Regulations. His last role was as Head of the Fixed Wing Branch in the MAA, leading safety assurance for UK military fixed-wing aircraft operations. Robby’s extensive safety expertise is underpinned by his Cranfield MSc, IRCA Lead Auditor, Human Factors Facilitator, and Occurrence Investigator qualifications.

Anna joined Osprey in March 2021. She is an experienced Safety Consultant with a strong and demonstrable safety assurance background across multiple highly regulated industries and safety critical infrastructure projects.

During her career, Anna worked for Cyrrus Limited where she gained a wealth of aviation experience including hazard analysis and risk assessment of Communication, Navigation, Surveillance and Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) systems. She also spent a year with INECO with responsibility for maintaining the Safety Management System (SMS) at Barcelona Airport and working towards aerodrome certification.

Anna joined us from Jacobs where she provided systems safety and risk management services to the Transpennine Route Upgrade Programme.

Chris is an IFP Designer formally trained in both conventional and PBN concepts including ILS, LPV, LNAV/VNAV, RNP APCH and RNR-AR.   Using specialist design software, his main responsibilities include the production and promulgation of IFP’s that are designed to current regulations and policy.

Prior to joining Osprey, Chris was an apprentice designer at Cyrrus Limited. Chris is currently working through a detailed competency based training programme in order to achieve Approved Procedure Design status.

Ryan is an IFP Designer and completed his ICAO PANS-OPS training in Singapore.

Prior to joining Osprey, Ryan worked for NATS delivering the DVOR rationalisation programme for NERL. He was also responsible for ensuring that all procedures designed were compliant with PANS-OPS (ICAO doc 8168, 9905 & Annex 14).

During his career, Ryan has also worked for Lufthansa Systems and NavBlue.

Daniel joined Osprey in August 2020.  He is a fully qualified IFP Designer and completed his ICAO PANS-OPS training at the Singapore Aviation Academy where he covered both conventional and PBN design.

Prior to joining Osprey, Daniel worked for NATS where he focused on London Heathrow’s expansion and future procedures. He also represented NATS at the European Static Data Aeronautical Special Interest Group (ESDASIG) conferences for Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs).

During his career, Daniel has also worked for Ineco and EUROCONTROL.

Sophie joined Osprey in April 2020.  She brings extensive project management skills and will work towards becoming a qualified and state approved Instrument Flight Procedure Designer working across a portfolio of airport projects and other projects such as safeguarding, procedure review through to new procedure design.

Prior to joining Osprey, Sophie worked for NM Group (Trimble) where she gathered technical product requirements from clients’ worldwide and provided consultancy on industry issues to generate new products and solutions.

Dan joined Osprey in October 2018 as an Engineering Intern whilst completing a BEng in Aerospace Engineering at The University of the West of England (UWE).  During his time at UWE, Dan is completing a topical dissertation on ‘The safe deployment of counter drone technologies within an airport environment’.

Since joining us, Dan has been involved in a variety of tasks including technical support to a number of our projects.  As an Airworthiness and Safety Engineer, he has experience of operating in the Air domain of the UK Ministry of Defence and the civil environment. Dan is fully conversant with the Military Aviation Authority (MAA) Regulatory Publication and relevant safety Def-Stans (i.e. DS 00-056), and experienced in development and adherence to Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Safety Management Plans, Airworthiness Strategies and Certification Plans.

Tim, an Air Cartographer with 23 years in the RAF, joined Osprey in August 2022. He holds a BA(Hons) in Organisational Capability and Development and has deep experience in Geospatial Information Services (GIS), Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Aeronautical Information Services (AIS), and data management. Tim has taught at the School of Air Cartography and the Royal School of Military Survey, and recently managed the UK Military Aeronautical Information Publication and web-based AI Management service capabilities. At No 1 Aeronautical Information Documents Unit, he ensured compliance with various regulatory bodies. At Osprey, he’ll focus on airspace change, airport support, and aeronautical information projects.