Our Team

Meet the team behind Cornwall Marine Academy

The team at Cornwall Marine Academy have years of experience in helping young people take their first steps into a career within the Marine industry.

Our Team

Meet the team behind Cornwall Marine Academy

The team at Cornwall Marine Academy have years of experience in helping young people take their first steps into a career within the Marine industry.

Our Team

Meet the team behind Cornwall Marine Academy

The team at Cornwall Marine Academy have years of experience in helping young people take their first steps into a career within the Marine industry.
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Dave Wickes

Senior Manager

Dave is the CMA Senior Manager and has over 13 years of experience supporting young people into employment through the delivery of multiple funded projects. Dave currently manages CMN’s Compass and Skills Your Way delivery contracts and is leading on the business engagement by creating links between the young people and the network of over 105 local Marine Business Ambassadors.
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Joe Davies

CMA Education and Training Development Manager

Joe is the CMA Education and Training Development Manager and has graduated with a First-Class Honours Degree. Joe has developed a highly diverse educational and skilled background with experiences in teaching, education, sports, construction, sales, farming, customer service and the health and safety sectors. Joe has taught in both Primary and Secondary schools. Joe is also our Safeguarding Lead for CMA.
Carol Churcher

Carol Churcher

Employability Coach

Carol is an CMA Employability Coach, with experience in managing a varied caseload of participants, coaching in all aspects of Employability support, including successfully organising employer/ participant engagement events (both virtually and face to face). Carol is a qualified Tutor and is working towards gaining a qualification to become an Apprenticeship Tutor and Assessor and will support CMN’s Apprenticeship recruitment.
Steve Avenell

Steve Avenell

Employment and Skills Programme Manager

Steve is the Employment and Skills Programme Manager and is our primary contact with Job Centres to help promote and widen our training offer to unemployed adults (Management of CMN’s Adult Employability Support programmes.) Steve is responsible for overseeing any of our learners or apprentices that require additional learning support, is our Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) and our Designated Safeguarding Lead.
Paul Wickes

Paul Wickes

CEO

Paul has an extensive 36-year history of senior management positions, both in the private and public sectors and within small business and multi-national corporations. In 2015, Paul was awarded an MBE for services to the Marine industry and the community in Falmouth, Cornwall.