Richard Johnson

Richard Johnson is a marine biologist with a master’s degree in Radiation and Environmental Protection. Before joining ITOPF in 1994, he worked as an environmental consultant, investigating the fallout from the Chernobyl accident and marine radionuclide contamination.

During his time at ITOPF, Richard has overseen hundreds of maritime pollution incidents involving a wide range of substances and attended scores of spills worldwide, including ERIKA, SEA EMPRESS and PRESTIGE. He has been involved in, or helped coordinate ITOPF’s involvement in, more than 500 incidents across over 80 countries.

Richard also has extensive experience in claims analysis and damage assessment, international advisory work, and speaking and training for government and industry.

Richard was appointed Technical Director in 2009 and is responsible for the strategic oversight and delivery of ITOPF’s technical services. He is also Chair of the ITOPF R&D Award.