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Dr Michael Fopp
History - Social & Military
National Museum Director, Pilot & Historian. PhD, FRAeS
Coming from: Soulbury,  Buckinghamshire  UK


Michael is the son of an Australian Battle of Britain fighter pilot and grew up surrounded by aeroplanes. He has been a member of the elite Mounted Branch of London’s Metropolitan Police for over 10 years before being appointed Director of the London Transport Museum in 1985. He then went on to be Director of the Royal Air Force Museum. Since retirement in 2010 he has devoted his time to the Guild of Air Pilots & Navigators as well as lecture on transport and aviation history.
Keith Jones
Trains and Boats and Planes
Coming from: Berlin,  Berlin  Germany


Keith is a British citizen but has lived in Germany since 1986. He has worked most of his career in the aero industry, lastly as an engineer for Rolls-Royce in Berlin. He has travelled around the world on the three Cunard Queens over the last eight years. In 2019 whilst on a cruise with QM2 was invited by the Asst. Entertainment Director to present one of his talks to the passengers. Also whilst on QV’s Centenary World Voyage he presented three of his talks arranged by the Asst. Entertainment Director. Keith is now keen to broaden his experience as a cruise ship speaker talking on his favourite topic, "Trains and Boats and Planes”.
Dr Jeremy Lloyd
History | Architecture, | Inventions & Something Different!
PhD, BSc
Coming from: Nottingham,  Nottinghamshire  UK


Jeremy offers something different. He covers a wide range of interesting topics and his talks are visually attractive, humorous and engage with a diverse audience.
Malcolm McRonald
Maritime History
BA
Coming from: Wirral,  Merseyside  UK


Malcolm McRonald is the author of three books on Maritime History, under the collective titles of "The Irish Boats". In addition, Malcolm has had articles published in many Shipping magazines. He has built up an extensive collection of his own photographs, mainly covering coastal/cross channel ships, and he has a large collection of postcards and photographs of passenger liners and other ships. Over the years, he has given many illustrated talks on the subject of ships and cruising.
Gavin Roser
Shipping & Transportation
Coming from: Ayr,  Ayrshire  UK


Gavin is Ambassador at Large of the European Freight and Logistics Leaders' Forum, Brussels based think tank. He sees a dynamic world and interviews leaders focused on and meeting change head on. His has been Managing Director of a major ship agency, Chairman of first joint venture in the Falklands post conflict, Maritime Advisor to National Shipping Line of Iran and Consultant at the centre of the privatisation of the shipping industry of New Zealand. He is a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. Gavin has seen remarkable change over his 54 years in shipping. He greatly enjoys bringing people with different perspectives together, and discovering new things.
Martin Rowley
Motor Sport and History
Coming from: Dronfield,  Derbyshire  UK


Martin is a retired businessman with experience of many disciplines and has had an avid interest in modern historical events, and in particular Motor Racing, and vehicles in general. Since his childhood, having dealt in Classic Vehicles for a number of years, he has personaly owned over 120 vehicles of all styles and types. His presentation skills are multi-disciplined to suit the audience and have been honed over the last 35 years, having presented both technical, and stimulating entertaining "Talks" to audiences of between 5 and 300 in the U K and Europe.
John Seaton
Maritime History | Global Warming
MSc BSc GDip CTech CPEng(Retired) MIEAust
Coming from: Prospect Vale,  Tasmania  Australia


Ask him, and John will tell you that he considers himself to have been most fortunate in being a Guest Speaker on many occasions over the past 17 years. Initially, John enjoyed sharing his Maritime History and Ships and Shipping knowledge and experiences in an informative, fun, and easy to understand way with his fellow cruise line guests. Now, since being retired, John has added to his knowledge base to include Destination Related talks on Australasia and Antarctica and the causes and impacts of Global Climate Change. He looks forward to you enjoying his future talks.
Andrew St John-Brown
Maritime and Naval History and Affairs
BA(Hons), GradDipEducation, MLitt
Coming from: Armidale,  New South Wales  Australia


Andrew presents on Naval and Maritime History and Affairs. He retired in 2023 as a Navy Commander after 46 years of Active Duty and Reserve service with the British Army and Royal and Royal Australian Navies as a specialist in merchant navy and civilian sea trade operations. Andrew has deployed to sea many times as the embarked Naval Liaison Officer on merchant ships. He holds Bachelor and Master degrees in Government, History and Defence with further specialisation in Naval history. Andrew has contributed to journals, books and the Official History of the Australian Navy.
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