The Maritime Journey Towards Autonomy

Speaker:
Anita Teo – Technical Lead, System Design for Remote and Autonomous Operation, Rolls-Royce Marine
Anita Teo is the System Design Technical Lead responsible for design methods and standards related to Maritime Remote and Autonomous Systems.

She has held various industry technical and strategic roles in her career across a number of sectors including maritime, aerospace and the energy sector. Her career history includes Technical Lead of multi-disciplinary and highly specialised Future Product Concepts Special Task Force, Team Leader responsible for the design, development, implementation and the delivery of more electric system architectures and Technology Acquisition Lead responsible for the identification, integration and delivery of the Electrical Systems technology and capability. She has system design and system engineering experience. She frequently involved in national, regional and international external collaborative partnership including steering, leading and chairing expert group or technical committee.

She also serves as technical industrial expert adviser to various research, development and innovation working groups such as the European Sustainable Shipping Forum, the UK Marine Industries Leadership Council Technology and Innovation Group, and the UK Maritime Autonomous Systems Council to support the development of maritime technology roadmap and research agenda.

She holds an engineering degree and a PhD in Electronics and Electrical Engineering as well as a Global MBA degree from the University of Manchester.