MIKE WORTHINGTON-LEESE – B.Sc.(Hons), C.Eng., Member RINA, MEMBER SNAME, Member YDSA, Senior Partner.  Former Merchant Navy cadet and bosun of sail training vessels.  Graduate of Southampton University with a degree in Ship Science.  Previous experience includes surveying with Lloyd’s Register of Shipping and management of yacht repair and construction yards.  Had his own practice before joining John Winterbotham and Partners twenty years ago. Read more

ANDREW PEARSON – B.Sc.(Hons), C.Eng., Member RINA., Assoc. Member YDSA, Partner.  After graduating from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, joined Brooke Marine as a Graduate Trainee, and then Brooke Yachts as a Project Manager.  Spent two years with Southampton Yacht Services as a Project Manager before joining John Winterbotham and Partners in 1995. Read more

PETER CHETTLEBOROUGH – B.Eng. (Hons) Ship Science, Member Institute Marine Engineers, Science and Technology (MIMarEST), Chartered Marine Engineer (CMarEng), Associate Member of Royal Institute of Naval Architects (AMRINA), Incorporated Engineer (I.Eng.), Partner.  Former Royal Navy and superyacht marine engineer.  Graduate of University of Southampton with a degree in Ship Science.  Previous experience includes working in design offices and on some of the worlds most prestigious superyachts. Read more

SIMON BURT  – B.Eng. (Hons) Graduate Member RINA, Partner.  Graduate of Southampton University with a degree in Ship Science.  Previous experience includes working for P&O Nedlloyd and as a surveyor with Lloyd’s Register of Shipping and the Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA). Read more

BRYN DARBYSHIRE - Joined John Winterbotham & Partners at the beginning of 2008 with previous employment specialising in disaster insurance surveying.  Graduated from Southampton Institute with a degree in Maritime Leisure Management BA (Hons).  An affiliate member of YDSA, RYA commercially endorsed yacht master and powerboat skipper. Experience includes surveying in a number of roles including: Insurance, damage, PDI, pre-purchase and valuation surveying, repair specification, engine failure investigation and overseeing the build and refit of a number of prestigious motor and sailing yachts.  Read more

JOHN WINTERBOTHAM – Assoc. Member RINA., Fellow YDSA (Past President).  Consultant, John Winterbotham and Partners (retired from Partnership in March 2008).  A lifetime in the industry from practical apprenticeship at the design office before specialising in surveying and consultancy.  Managing Director of M.G. Duff & Partners Limited for 15 years, prior to founding the Partnership in 1986. Read more

The Partnership also incorporates specifically contracted personnel for expert assistance in project technical supervision as necessary.

Current associates  include:

• Graeme Preston, Engineer, ex-Linda Lou

• Dale Baker, Engineer, ex-Water Lily

The Partnership works alongside the very best technical, legal and banking experts in the superyacht field.