Steve Brooker Associate Director

​Steve is an Associate Director for Howell Marine Consulting. He is an accomplished leader and organisational ambassador, with the ability to influence, persuade and motivate diverse groups and individuals, from Board, Ministerial, and senior executive level down to operational staff. 
He has significant technical expertise in strategic spatial planning, marine and environmental management. Steve was Chief Planning Officer at the Marine Management Organisation where he worked for 7 years. During this time, he was responsible for the development of marine planning and the process for the production of England’s first marine plans, held up as best practice across the UK, Europe and world-wide.

He also directed and delivered organisational change in the MMO, contributing to the visionary thinking for the organisation and embedding marine spatial planning into UK government departments.

Having developed his expertise over 30 years working for a variety of organisations, he provides associate services to HMC, particularly in marine planning and bringing groups of people together to deliver a common agenda. 
Key positions
  • Director, Vibrant Futures 2017 - 
  • MMO Chief Planning Officer 2016 - 2017
  • MMO Director of Marine Development 2014 - 2016
  • MMO Head of Marine Planning 2010 - 2014
  • North East Regional Assembly 2007 - 2010
  • Northern Way Initiative 2006 - 2007
  • Environment Agency 1994 - 2006
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  • Member of the Institute of Directors 2014 onwards
  • Advisor to UK Ministers of State on marine management and marine planning 2010-2017
  • Executive Member of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) Board 2014-2017
  • Chair of MMO Stakeholder Focus group 2010-2016
  • Member of MMO Performance and Risk Management Board 2014-2017
  • Dignity at Work Champion for MMO 2015-2017
  • Trustee of the Lifeboat Fund (RNLI) 2016 onwards