CEO/Managing Director
Alasdair Reay
HPi Verification Services Ltd.
The Manor House, Howbery Park, Wallingford, OX10 8BA
Alasdair is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects. He started his career in 1991 on Lloyds Register’s Graduate Training Scheme and spent years working with all different types of marine vehicles, from hovercraft to semi-subs, all around the world. Alasdair moved to be Certification Manager for the Certification Services Department of AEA Technology in March 1997: the department which ultimately became HPiVS. Alasdair spent a short time as Business Development Manager at ABS before becoming a founding member of the CEproof group of CE marking consultants in 2001. In 2010 Alasdair sold CEproof and bought the AEA department which is now HPiVS. The company has been growing considerably ever since.
Alasdair is also CEO of Irish EU Notified Body, HPi Verification Services (Ireland) Ltd. With companies in both UK and EU, he sits on a variety of national and International Standards committees and is Chair of the EU Commission’s Technical sub-committee (RSG) that provides the EU with guidelines for the design & construction of recreational craft and components. He is also a member of the EU Commission’s Group of Experts for recreational craft, helping to shape the next issue of the RCD.
Sales & Marketing Director
Craig Morris
HPi Verification Services Ltd.
Grove Farm, Slaughter Road, Gimingham, Norfolk, NR11 8HQ, UK
After qualifying as a Marine Engineer in 1989, Craig began a career in the marine industry by founding ‘The Prop Shop’, repairing propellers. Having sold The Prop Shop, Craig spent 5 years in retail of marine products of all kinds but mostly boats and engines. In 1996 Craig joined Yamaha Motor UK Marine Division, responsible for sale of engines and personal watercraft. After 6 years with Yamaha, Craig returned to company ownership, opening a yacht brokerage in Norfolk in 2003. Craig bought-into CEproof in 2004 and has been CE and UKCA marking ever-since. In 2010 became sole-owner of CEproof Group until the merger with HPi in 2019. Away from work Craig’s passion is diving and underwater photography. At his happiest surrounded by sharks, rays and dolphins, if Craig is out of the office he probably underwater.
Business Manager
Jacquie Morgan
HPi Verification Services Ltd.
The Manor House, Howbery Park, Wallingford, OX10 8BA
As the name suggests, Jacquie runs the the non-technical aspects of the business including finances and human resources. She has a number of qualifications relating to auditing and personnel management that are put to good use in HPiVS. She has been working with CEO, Alasdair Reay, since 2006 and is equally responsible for building HPiVS into the business it is today.
Contact Jacquie with any non-technical enquiries.
QA Technical Director
María García Donaire
HPi Verification Services Ltd.
The Manor House, Howbery Park, Wallingford, OX10 8BA
María is a European Engineer and Member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects. Her very first job in the marine industry was crew member on ferries, from there she had various technical jobs until she started working for an Inspection Body in Spain in 2003. She joined HPiVS as Technical Manager in 2013 where she carries out plans reviews/approvals of boats and components and monitors HPiVS authorised inspectors. Member of Industry Committees, like EU RSG and ISO TC 188 (Small Craft), María is a Lead Auditor and has managed the company’s quality system for several years, including the transition to preferred ISO 170XX standards.
María is at her happiest near the sea.
THE PRESSURE AND MACHINERY TEAM
Technical Manager
Matteo Convento
HPi Verification Services Ltd.
The Manor House, Howbery Park, Wallingford, OX10 8BA
Matteo is a Chartered Engineer with experience in the Pressure Equipment industry from coordination to Project Management. Since 2002, he has served as a Technical Co-ordinator and Assistant Technical Manager for PED services at Velosi Certification – Applus Group. He joined HPiVS in 2012 with the role of Principal Engineer for Pressure Equipment Certification/CE (and now UKCA) Compliance.
Principal Engineer (Pressure)
Toby Read
HPi Verification Services Ltd.
The Manor House, Howbery Park, Wallingford, OX10 8BA
Toby is a chartered mechanical engineer, with many years’ experience of pressure systems, having worked for Atkins and Foster Wheeler. Toby also qualified and practised as a solicitor, before returning to engineering. He joined HPiVS in 2015. In his spare time Toby enjoys gardening and going for walks in the countryside, especially when the destination is a pub.
THE MARINE TEAM
Director of Marine Services
Bas Edmonds
HPi Verification Services Ltd.
The Manor House, Howbery Park, Wallingford, OX10 8BA
Bas Edmonds has been in the marine industry for over 25 years with experiences ranging from sail making, professional sailing through to being on the Measurement Committee at the 2004 Olympic Games. Bas is one of a handful of people to have run a Notified Body in the UK, formally heading the RYA’s Technical Department, which makes him well placed to take on the Marine Department at HPiVS. Bas has spent all of his time in the marine industry either applying or writing rules and regulations across a range if different sectors from Olympic windsurfing, MCA Coding regulations through to ISO development.
In his spare time, Bas is the Chief Measurer for the Olympic windsurfer, iQFOiL class, and can be found at some of their principle events all over the world.
Senior Surveyor
Simon Vayro
HPi Verification Services Ltd.
The Manor House, Howbery Park, Wallingford, OX10 8BA
Simon turned a lifetime of boating into his career over twenty years ago and has been active in the marine sector ever since. His experience ranges from working for the world’s largest yacht charter company to being an officer on board arguably one of the world’s finest cruise lines, but his passion has always been for racing yachts and spent many years sailing around the world and competing in numerous events. Since returning from a life at sea, Simon worked for the Boat Safety Scheme as the Business and Technical Manager and also with British Marine as a Technical Executive, where amongst other things, was an active member of the BSi and ISO committees for Standards development for Small Craft. Simon joined HPiVS in May 2020 and is enjoying putting his knowledge and experience to good use.
Simon sails a classic 1980’s wooden dinghy at a local sailing club and has recently been converted to the joys of stand-up paddle boarding. Yachting is still a passion and he manages to sail as often as he can.
Senior Certification Engineer
Norbert Ostermann
HPi Verification Services Ltd.
The Manor House, Howbery Park, Wallingford, OX10 8BA
+44 (0)7399 656672
Norbert has a Master’s Degree in Naval Architecture (Yachts and Small Craft) and a Bachelor Degree in Marine Engineering.
He has worked in the marine industry since 1997 at companies including Camper and Nicholsons, and the International Sailing Federation, the World governing body of the sport of sailing, where he was involved in the quality control of Olympic Equipment for three Olympic Terms.
He joined HPiVS in 2021 as Senior Certification Engineer and in his spare time he enjoys swimming, sailing and playing chess.
