David McGinley appointed CEO of Cammell Laird

David McGinley, Managing Director of global ship repair, conversion and marine specialist Atlantic and Peninsula Marine Services, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Merseyside shipyard and marine engineering services company Cammell Laird, with immediate effect. 

David will continue his role at Atlantic and Peninsula Marine Services, which includes leading A&P Group Limited, Atlantic and Peninsula Australia PTY Limited, as well as A&P Group’s marine platform business Marine Designs Ltd and Falmouth Docks and Engineering Company (FDEC).

David Joined A&P Group in 2017 as Group Managing Director responsible for all ship repair activities and operations at the A&P Group facilities in the North East of England and Falmouth.  David became an Executive Director as Managing Director Atlantic and Peninsula Marine Services Ltd in 2018.

Prior to joining A&P Group, David spent 13 years working at Babcock in senior level roles that spanned strategic development, business development and commercial port operations.    David’s career also includes more than 20 years’ service in the Royal Navy. 

David is a visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland and is a past President of the UK Shipbuilders and Ship repairers Association, part Chair of the Association of British Offshore Industries and is a Board Member of the Society of Maritime Industries.

About Cammell Laird

Cammell Laird is one of the most famous names in British industry with roots tracing back to the early 19^th Century. The business is located on the River Mersey, in the Liverpool City Region, on the West Coast of England. It is in the centre of a marine cluster, with direct access to many support services. It has a 120 acre site with four dry docks, a non-tidal wet basin, large modular construction hall and extensive covered workshops. Cammell Laird specialises in military ship refit, commercial ship repair, upgrade and conversion and heavy fabrication and engineering. It deals with a wide variety of projects ranging from specialist offshore conversions and fabrication, commercial ship-repair through to the refit and upgrade of highly complex naval auxiliaries. It has also recently re-entered the ship-building market. The business is further active in the energy sector. It has become a hub of the off shore wind industry and it is offering its facilities and highly trained workforce of engineers for work in the civil nuclear sector and the off shore oil and gas sector. w: www.clbh.co.uk