A project LIKE DIVE & DRAW requireS a
particularly passionate team
Each team member brINGS with them a specialised skill set.
Learn more about our mix of marine biologists, communication and media specialists, expedition leaders, designers, underwater robot operators and technology experts.
DAVID ROWLAND
ROV Pilot & DEVELOPER
David’s greatest passions are exploring underwater environments and showing others how amazing, beautiful and vulnerable so many underwater places are.
He also loves searching near and far using sonar on vessels and then ROVs chasing stories of shipwrecks, searching for unknown reefs and adventure.
David started by building ROVs from ‘bits from Bunnings’, bilge pumps and kayak trolling motors, before founding UnderseaROV with Kieran and Ian.
He has hundreds of hours of ROV piloting experience in all conditions in rivers, bays and offshore.
He shot, scripted and produced two acclaimed UnderseaROV film productions.
CAT LEACH
program designer
Cat’s mission as a graphic designer, illustrator, and advocate for ocean conservation is to harness the transformative power of design to inspire positive change.
Through her personal and professional endeavours, she aims to connect people of all ages to the magic of our underwater world, using its beauty and complexity as a catalyst for local knowledge, awareness and behaviour change.
What we love, we protect.
In her daily life, she designs and illustrates for a range of world wide clients who focus on environmental strategy and ocean health. This could be illustrating a book on whale sharks for Ningaloo Parks & Wildlife team or working on a strategy for Seahorse Hotels to be put in Sydney harbour. Never a dull moment.
KEIRAN
MARINE EDUCATOR, ROV Pilot & Behind-the-scenes
A certified Advanced scuba diver, Kieran has always enjoyed exploring underwater and learning about the hidden creatures surviving beneath the waves.
Kieran is usually found behind the scenes but loves to get out to the water to pilot ROVs when she can, to explore underwater while staying warm and dry.
Before co-founding UnderseaROV with Ian and Dave, she spent many years in business consulting and food & beverage industries.
Kieran’s background is Chemical Engineering with a Masters in Business Administration and she maintains a keen interest in science and a life-long passion for learning.
WALLY STEWART
SEA COUNTRY ELDER, MARINE EDUCATOR & ADVOCATE
Joonga Land & Water Aboriginal Corporation
Need to find good bio. They now have a successful business down here, maintaining their cultural connections while generating training and employment for many young people.
They run cultural tours on Wagonga Inlet with local Indigenous tour guides, educating people about cultural practices and the impact of colonisation on the local people.
IAN XXX
ROV pilot, Tech supporT & Software development
Ian’s love of the marine world stemmed from spearfishing and sailing.
Study in Electrical Engineering led to a 25 year career in IT, eventually specialising in voice and video communications.
A new career in ROVs brings multiple skills together from the IT and video communications worlds and is WAY Cooler.
Watching the decline of areas through urchin predation has strengthened a desire
to protect and restore the marine world.