Meet Our People
Greg Stemm
Co-Chairman and CEO
Currently a director and Past President of the International Marine Minerals Society. Over 35 years managing deep ocean marine operations with over 24,000 hrs at depths to 6,000 meters at Seahawk Deep Ocean Technology and Odyssey Marine Exploration, two companies he co-founded.
Tom Dettweiler
Marine Program Manager
Over 45 years as a recognised leader in deep-ocean exploration and development of advanced technologies; and sailed as Science Officer on CALYPSO with Jacques Cousteau; led Dr. Robert Ballard’s operations on the discovery and exploration of the TITANIC.
Rob Kraft
Sr. Marine Operations Manager
Former Director of Subsea Operations for Paul Allen’s Vulcan Inc; over 30 years of experience with advanced marine tech/operations in depths of up to 6200m in all major oceans.
Dr. Charles Morgan
Chief Science Officer
Leading deep ocean geologist and researcher; Chief Scientist for more than a dozen oceanographic cruises; Registered Member of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration; only U.S. appointee to serve on the International Seabed Authority Legal and Technical Commission.
Dr. Simon Nielsen
Chief Marine Geologist
Expedition Project Manager for the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP); Head Curator at the Antarctic Research Facility; extensive field research specialising in historic oceanic climate; numerous articles published in journals such as Science and Geology.
Dr. Claudio Lozano Guerra-Librero
Environmental Scientist
Environmental offshore operations with oceanographic and geophysical surveys, using ROVs and AUVs since 2002; doctorates in underwater archaeology, remote sensing, and geo-location; published dozens of articles in peer-reviewed journals like American Antiquity, Geomorphology,
and Marine Geophysics.
Tom Albanese
Co-Chairman
Former CEO, Rio Tinto; former CEO, Vedanta (India’s largest mining, oil, and gas company); Board member of three listed Canadian public companies (Franco Nevada, Nevada Copper, CoTec); Board member, private mining company in Turkey (Esan).
David Weight
Mineral Specialist
Former President of the Cobalt Institute; global leader in responsible and sustainable extraction and processing of critical raw materials; Former Chief Executive of Zambia
Consolidated Copper Mines (UK) Ltd.
Shona Lynch
Country Manager
Shona is an accomplished and respected Cook Islander and has operated numerous local businesses for more than 20 years. She holds business and project management qualifications and currently owns a successful tourist accommodation business.
Adam Stemm
Chief Operations Officer
Adam is a marine scientist and offshore technician with a background in marine geology and more than 15 years of experience working in various technical, scientific and administrative positions in the offshore research and technology field.
Simone Fe'ao
Chief Accounting Officer
Simone leads the finance team
with 20 years of experience in
audit, tax and business advisory in her previous role as KPMG Cook Islands Resident Director.