The team

Our team is made up of participants from a wide variety of backgrounds and with a broad spectrum of skills, linked by the mutual goal of returning the World Water Speed Record to Britain. Team members contribute their time and skills voluntarily, dovetailing their efforts on the Quicksilver project with their other commitments.

Team members are individually hand-picked. Each has a particular skill suited to the project's objectives. Above all, they are selected, and maintain their position, by dint of their ability to work harmoniously within a team environment.

The Quicksilver team's headquarters is at East Midlands Airport, a site chosen for its central location geographically and its close proximity to the M1 motorway.

Team members, listed here alphabetically, include:

Richard Ainge, Graphic Designer
Caroline Ainscow, Merchandise Manager
Derek Ainscow, Events Coordinator
Nicole Alridge, Media Relations Coordinator
Marcus Atkin, Design Engineer
Robert Atkinson, Craft Electrical Systems Specialist
Paul Bettelley, Systems Software Engineer
Ali Bolton, Marketing Advisor
David Bolton, Webmaster
Jeremy Bouckley, Special Events Coordinator
Rosie Burns, Company Secretary
Lorne Campbell, Marine Architect
Dr. John Challans, Craft Systems Manager
Mike Collins, Photographer
Simon Connell, Systems Software Engineer
Steve Cook, Design Engineer
Hilton Craven, Safety Engineer
Phil Cubitt, Cockpit and Radio Communications Specialist
Greville Dawson, Windtunnel Test Technician
Stuart Delf, Model Maker
Graham Earl, Administration Manager
Phil Edwards, Pattern Maker/Model Maker
Ray Freeman, Engineering Project Manager
Jim Gaughan, Technical Assistant
Stuart Gaughan, Technical Assistant
Mike Green, Chief Aerodynamicist
Simon Hart, Structures Analysis Engineer
Tim Harrison, CAD Surfacing & Visualisation Software Specialist
Richard Horsfall - Webmaster
Nick Howarth, Propulsion System Specialist
Leigh Hunt, Design Engineer
Ingemar Johansson, Structures Specialist
John Kirby, Electrical and Facilities Technician
Ed Lupton, Pattern Maker
Daphne Macknight, Events Coordinator
Dr. Tony Maddison, Structures Bonding Specialist
Fred Marshall, Corporate Club Founder/Chairman
Stuart Mitchell, Systems Engineer
Dave Pearman, Propulsion System Advisor
Graham Pool, Propulsion System Specialist
Becca Roberts, Corporate Club Events Coordinator
Dr. Gordon Robinson, CFD Aerodynamicist
John Selby, Logistics Co-ordinator
John Smart, Vinyls Specialist
Roland Snell, Structures Design Engineer
Adrian Stannard, Pattern Maker
Jeff Stansfield, Technical Assistant
Mike Steele, Events Advisor
Dhiraj Tatipalli, Aerodynamics Associate
Jonathan Tubb, Fuel System Specialist
John Whitbread, VT Specialist
Jeff White, Pattern Maker
Geof Whitnall, Commercial Advisor
William Woodhouse, Technical Advisor