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Terry SloaneManaging Director

Meet the team

Managing Director

Terry Sloane

Terry has been involved in ocean engineering in one form or another for 40 years. Trained originally as an electronics engineer, he is a fellow of both IMarEST & the Royal Meteorological Society.

Terry is the immediate past Chairman of the Marine Science & Technology Group (formally AMSI, a constituent group of the Society of Maritime Industries), a founder member of the IMarEST Operational Oceanography SIG and a founder member of the SUT Defence SIG. Terry has recently been elected to serve on the Council of the SUT. Terry is also a council member of the Challenger Society for Marine Science and is a member of the Mary Rose Trust, learning and education team and provides guest lecturers in data logging to undergraduate and postgraduate courses in marine archeology; he has also been a technical consultant to the BBC.

Terry has served as both technical director and sales and marketing director of some of the industry’s best known companies and formed Planet Ocean Ltd in 2003.

Director

Carole Sloane

Carole, is co owner of Planet Ocean, and supports the business in many and varied ways especially at the many exhibitions, shows and seminars we undertake. Carole looks after the HR aspects of the business.

Carole, is co owner of Planet Ocean, and supports the business in many and varied ways especially at the many exhibitions, shows and seminars we undertake. Carole is responsible for HR within the company, travel and accomodation and also liaises with our partners and clients visiting the UK ensuring their visits are as smooth and comfortable as possible.
Sales & Business Development Manager - Director & General Manager ecoSUB Division

Iain Vincent

Iain, holds a first class honours degree in marine environmental science and has considerable business experience most recently demonstrated in his role as director and co-founder of De-energise Ltd developing energy reduction strategies for SME’s in the production sector.

Iain, holds a first class honours degree in marine environmental science and has considerable business experience most recently demonstrated in his role as director and co-founder of De-energise Ltd developing energy reduction strategies for SME’s in the production sector. Iain is tasked with developing our complete business package, with particular focus on the biogeochemistry range of systems, notably the Sea-Bird Scientific Group of companies, CONTROS PCO2 and PCH4 sensors, Sequoia LISST systems and Flow-CAM. Iain also manages our special projects.

Iain is a founder member of the Society of Maritime Industries, Marine Autonomous Systems Group and leads our ecoSUB AUV team.

Iain, is a trustee of a charity based in West Africa delivering water solutions to rural communities and enjoys outdoor pursuits especially diving, surfing and running.

Accounts and Finance Manager

Danny Robinson

Danny looks after our finances and has worked with Terry in different roles for many years. She probably knows more about how the business works than anyone else! Nothing gets past her eagle eyes and she keeps us on a firm financial foundation.

Danny looks after our finances and has worked with Terry in different roles for many years. She probably knows more about how the business works than anyone else! Nothing gets past her eagle eyes and she keeps us on a firm financial foundation.

Outside of Planet Ocean, Danny is very active in her community and has been a school governor for 7 years, is a Trustee and Treasurer for a local charity and also provides French tuition, both private and also taking classes for a local junior school and nursery. Danny enjoys running and keeping fit. She spends an excessive amount of her spare time entering obstacles/mud races. She also has a handbag and shoe addiction!

Commercial Manager

Graham Sloane

Graham joined the Company in 2010 as commercial manager. Graham graduated from The University of Winchester with an honours degree before joining Microsoft Atlas as an account executive. Graham specifically looks after service and support, shipping, QA/QC, H&S, and compliance. Graham is also our ROV specialist.

Graham joined the Company in 2010 as commercial manager. Graham graduated from The University of Winchester with an honours degree before joining Microsoft Atlas as an account executive where his clients included such notable companies as O2, Vodafone and Volvo. Prior to moving across to Planet Ocean, Graham was with brand experience specialists Blue Dog Productions, once more with a portfolio of prestigious clients including amongst others, B.A.A, CISCO, Emirates and Trend Micro. Graham takes care of all commercial aspects of the company, QA Compliance, organising exhibitions, Servicing and RMA , building services as well as taking responsibility for a growing range of our products. Graham is our ROV specialist and undertakes pilot training for our customers.

Formally, an accomplished footballer, he is no longer Premier League standard and has taken up CrossFit in a big way, and competes to stay in shape. Happiest at Glastonbury with a warm cider in hand.

Production, Procurement & Test Manager

Leif Klingsheim

Leif leads our ecoSUB division production capability overseeing procurement, production and test, developing the systems and process required to support the growing ecoSUB order book.

Leif leads our ecoSUB division production capability overseeing procurement, production and test, developing the systems and process required to support the growing ecoSUB order book.

Leif is a graduate of the University of Oslo, Norway & Narvik University College and has served in the Andenes Airforce.

Out of the office, Leif loves the outdoors and spending time with family on his boat, or biking, kayaking and swimming. He is fluent in English, Norwegian, with a working knowledge of Spanish and Japanese.

Robotics & Embedded Software Engineer - ecoSUB Division

Jonathan Law

Jonathan has responsibility for developing and maintaining software for our ecoSUB range of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles and is based at our ecoSUB facility within the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.

Jonathan has responsibility for developing and maintaining software for our ecoSUB range of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles and is based at our ecoSUB facility within the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.

Jonathan graduated with a first class MSc in Robotics & Computation from UCL where he specialised in machine & deep learning in vision navigation for SLAM which followed on from his first class honours degree also from UCL in electronics, robotics and control systems.

In his spare time Jonathan is a keen fencer and climber.

Senior Robotics & Software Engineer ecoSUB Division

Dr YUKIYASU NOGUCHI

Yukiyasu or Yuki as he is known to us has over eight years of experience in autonomy, perception, and mapping for underwater vehicles, Yuki has contributed to pioneering innovations across both academic and industrial domains.

Yukiyasu or Yuki as he is known to us has over eight years of experience in autonomy, perception, and mapping for underwater vehicles, Yuki has contributed to pioneering innovations across both academic and industrial domains. At Beam (formerly Rovco/Vaarst), he played a key role in delivering the first live autonomous subsea infrastructure inspection system with advanced multi-sensor mapping software. Prior to that, at the University of Tokyo, he designed and sea-tested low-cost AUV prototypes and published peer-reviewed research on terrain-following and wide-area 3D imaging. His work spans embedded C++/Python, sensor fusion, control systems, and offshore trials—demonstrating a strong ability to turn cutting-edge research into reliable field-ready solutions.

Outside of work, I mostly spend time playing with my two young sons.
I also enjoy watching some Japanese anime, especially Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and Hunter × Hunter. I used to keep goldfish and enjoy small aquariums back in Japan.

Senior Robotics R&D Engineer - ecoSUB Division

Dr Tom Rooney

Tom is a long-time friend of the ecoSUB Robotics team. Tom has joined the ecoSUB Robotics R&D team to invest his expertise, working on the advancement of ecoSUB technology, and to collaborate on some exciting technology development.

Tom's experience is extensive; he has a PhD in Robotics and worked across a wide range of maritime robotics projects.

Tom is a long-time friend of the ecoSUB Robotics team. Tom has joined the ecoSUB Robotics R&D team to invest his expertise, working on the advancement of ecoSUB technology, and to collaborate on some exciting technology development.
Head of Mechanical Design and Engineering ecoSUB Division

Peter Hanley

Pete is a graduate of the University of Portsmouth and has worked with ecoSUB since 2016, providing mechanical design for the AUVs platforms and developing. Pete's role has been critical in the transition from our early prototype systems to our production vehicles, ensure ecoSUB AUVs are easy to use platforms.

Pete has been working in the marine autonomous systems sector for nearly 10 years and prior to that worked in mechanical design for Formula.

Pete is a graduate of the University of Portsmouth and has worked with ecoSUB since 2016, providing mechanical design for the AUVs platforms and developing. Pete's role has been critical in the transition from our early prototype systems to our production vehicles, ensure ecoSUB AUVs are easy to use platforms.
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer ecoSUB Division

Naomi Gold

Naomi is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with over a decade of experience designing equipment for demanding environments. She has held roles at leading engineering firms including Jaguar Land Rover and Dyson and has contributed to award winning start-ups focused on sustainable technologies; from precision harvesting robots for agriculture to devices that support responsible fishing practices.

Naomi is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with over a decade of experience designing equipment for demanding environments. She has held roles at leading engineering firms including Jaguar Land Rover and Dyson and has contributed to award winning start-ups focused on sustainable technologies; from precision harvesting robots for agriculture to devices that support responsible fishing practices.

Certified in PRINCE2 project management, Naomi brings a hands-on, solutions-focused approach to every project. She thrives on close collaboration with end users, especially during deployment and field testing. In 2016, she co-developed the original ecoSUB AUVs at the National Oceanography Centre, and was excited to re-join the team in Summer 2025.

Outside of work, Naomi enjoys surfing, exploring the outdoors and adventuring in her camper van.

Business & Finance Administrator - ecoSUB Division

Jordan Robinson

Jordan joined the ecoSUB team in Summer 2025 and rapidly grew into his role, taking on significant responsibility for much of the financial administration, but also supporting the team in the Petersfield manufacturing site.

Jordan supports both Finance and Procurement processes within the ecoSUB Robotics division.

Jordan joined the ecoSUB team in Summer 2025 and rapidly grew into his role, taking on significant responsibility for much of the financial administration, but also supporting the team in the Petersfield manufacturing site.

Outside of work Jordan is a big sports fan, following his favourite football team, PSG and American football team, the Packers, as well as being a big fan of F1. Jordan enjoys a round of golf, although he's apparently no Nick Faldo. Travel is also another passion, having recently spent nine months living and working in Australia.

Planet Ocean supports Seabed 2030

We are extremely proud to be supporting the Nippon Foundation’s Seabed 2030 Initiative, which aims to map 100% of the ocean floor by 2030. This is a huge challenge, and we are delighted to be playing a small part in this ambitions project.

The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has entered into a memorandum of understanding with ecoSUB Robotics – a division of Planet Ocean – which designs and builds innovative autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for ocean research.

The collaboration will greatly support the realisation of a complete map of the ocean floor as ecoSUB AUVs are able to navigate areas which are inaccessible to scientists and divers for safety or other reasons.

Keep up to date by visiting our dedicated news page.

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