Wrecks, Caves, Scooters and Rebreathers

 

7500+ logged dives with :

  • more than 1500 Instructors trained
  • 950+ Wreck dives (deepest wreck: 196m - HIJMS Yamashiro)
  • 850+ Trimix dives (deepest dive: 226m/ 740ft)
  • 720 Cave dives (Mexico, Florida, France, Thailand, Greece, Philippines Islands)
  • 1100+ hours of bottom time with various Rebreathers
  • Dives all over the world (Europe, Mexico, Thailand, U.S.A., Red Sea, Tunisia, Philippines, Caribbean islands, Vanuatu, Malta, French Polynesia, Malaysia, Indian Ocean, Greece, Cyprus, Hong-Kong, etc.)

Working Experience

Since 2005

  • Free-Lance Instructor Trainer and Instructor Trainer Examiner in Europe and South-East Asia.
  • NACD Cave Diving Safety Officer for South-East Asia.
  • Chairman of DIRrebreather

July '04 - April '05

  • Free-Lance Cave Diving Instructor - Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
  • CCR Exploration of Cave systems and Cenotes in the Riviera Maya (Tulum-Playa del Carmen area).

April '02 - July '03

  • Training Manager for Emperor Divers - Red Sea, one of the most active CDC in the Red Sea. In charge of Human Resources for a company with 150 employees.
  • Dive Center Manager for Emperor Divers Sharm-El-Sheikh (55 employees, up to 10 boats and 230 divers per day).

2002

  • Rebreather and deep diving Technical Consultant for different TV Programs and Magazines:
  • "Ushuaia" (TV Show on TF1 Channel): Sharks and deep marine life in French Polynesia.
  • "Thalassa" (TV Show on France 3 Channel) and "E=M6" (TV Show on M6 Channel): deep exploration of the wrecks off Saint-Pierre, Martinique, FWI.
  • "H2O" (TV Show on TMC Channel): deep wrecks in the South of France.
  • National Geographic Magazine (French edition): Mission in Martinique, FWI.

February ’98 - December '01

  • Executive Manager for SAGA, training facility specialized in Instructor level training programs, all over Europe. 
  • SAGA Scubazur was one of the few PADI Career Development Centers in Europe.

November ’98 - January '02

  • France Regional Manager for DAN Europe.
  • Project leader and co-founder of OPERATION TRIADE (discovery and exploration of more than 20 major wrecks located in France and Italy, between -80 and -130 meters). During this project, a movie and a book were produced.

January ’97 - January ‘98

  • Regional Manager and Sales Representative for PADI Europe, for France, Belgium and the French Speaking part of Switzerland.
  • Part time Instructor Examiner.

December '95 - January 2001

  • Free-lance Consultant for PADI Europe as Translator (more than 12 manuals and 200 articles translated).
  • Translator for DAN Europe (Alert Diver) and TDI (Technical Diving manuals).

November '94 - December '95

  • Training Manager of the Instructor Training College – Cannes.
  • Vice-President of the S.N.M.P. (French Union of Professional Diving Instructors) and member of the Board of Directory of several Diving Industry Associations.

June '92 - October '94

  • Manager and Training Director of the International Dive Center (C.I.P.) Port-Frejus, France.
  • Free-lance Consultant and IDC Staff Instructor for the PADI European College in Cannes, France.

June '92 - September '93

  • Training Manager for Plongespace Paris, France.

February '91 - June '92

  • Diving Instructor Trainer for two Dive Resorts in the French West Indies and the French Polynesian Islands.

September '89 - May '92

  • Diving Instructor for several Dive Schools in France.