James Fanshawe CBE

Chair, UK Maritime Autonomous Systems Regulatory Working Group

James Fanshawe retired from the Royal Navy in 2005 after Commanding HMS HURWORTH, CLEOPATRA and FEARLESS, the UK Task Group and the Devonport Flotilla. 

James chairs the UK’s Maritime Autonomous Systems Regulatory Working Group, which has released the Industry Code of Practice for the safe operation of Maritime Autonomous Ship Systems. He is a member of the UK MASG Council, NFAS and ICMASS. He is the moderator for the UNECE work on Autonomy on Inland Waterways.  He works within a mixed commercial portfolio. He is a Director of ZULU Associates and The Anglo Belgian Shipping Company.