 For a time he was responsible for developing the strategic goals and produced operational deployment, corporate resource and output plans for the UK fleet.He led the UK effort to rescue survivors from the sunken Russian submarine "Kursk" in the Barents Sea in 2000.Graduate of the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1995 and the Joint Service Staff College in 1998, he completed the Financial Seminar for Senior Managers at London Business School in May 2002 and joined the Bedford Charity (Harpur Trust) as Chief Executive in June 2002.