Dave is the CMA CIC Director and has 15 years of experience supporting young people into employment through the delivery of multiple funded projects. Dave currently manages our young people and adult unemployment 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.

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 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.

Judith delivers Information, Advice and Guidance (Level 6 qualification) accredited training to CMA and partner organisations. She has a General Arts Degree and holds the post-graduate Diploma in Career Guidance (Dip CG) and Level 4 Delivery of Training. Judith was a Careers Adviser with Cornwall Careers Service, later Connexions and Careers South West, for 20 years, eventually moving into staff development. She has worked with CMN since 2016 as a work-placed Assessor/ Tutor, supporting Apprentices and employers towards achievement of a range of Apprenticeships.

Bryan is CMA’s Careers and Skills Development Trainee Manager, assisting Judith Cook with delivering high quality Level 6 Information Advice and Guidance to secondary school students and CMN Apprentices (whilst undertaking his Level 6 IAG qualification). This helps to create clear progression paths for Young People (aged 14-24 years) from education into employment with Marine employers who are members of CMN and the volunteer Marine Ambassadors team from CMA CIC. Bryan is also responsible for learning to manage the day-to-day running of one of our young people’s contracts. Bryan ensures the contract is well coordinated, productive and delivering the highest standards of customer service by managing processes and supporting CMA and CMN’s Tutors and Freelance Tutors.

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 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.