MARTIN KERLEY, Director – Sales and Development

The ‘inventor’ of the pod, Martin is also a keen diver. Together with his dive buddy, Chris, he has worked on all aspects of the RescuEAN’s design and development as well as maintaining his other diverse businesses of Management Consultancy and Financial Services.

Martin started diving with BSAC many years ago but stopped through pressures of work and family life. It was only in 2006, when both his daughters decided they would like to dive with him, he decided to join them during their PADI training - so he would also be equally certified... Since then, he has completed all his training within the UK - from Open Water through to Master Scuba Diver. All his training was with In2Scuba Dive School (www.in2scuba.co.uk) based in Kent where he now becoming a Divemaster.

Since restarting, Martin now has well over 200 dives logged and was definitely ‘bitten by the dive bug’. He enjoys doing the speciality subjects and has completed his Rescue, Enriched Air, Dry Suit, Deep and Wreck certifications.

Martin has dived in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Malta, Cyprus, Turkey, English Channel and the Farne Islands. In addition, he has ‘enjoyed’ many of the UK’s inland waters!!!

More relative to RescuEAN, both he and Chris have also completed their Emergency First Response training as well as DAN Oxygen Provider/Oxygen First Aid. It was during their EFR and Rescue training that Martin came up with the concept of the new pod.

Away from the water - Martin is married with two daughters and enjoys spending time with the family as well as driving, shooting, rugby, cinema, cycling and travel.

CHRIS WOOD, Director – Sales and Marketing

Chris is married with two children, a son and daughter, and lives in Surrey. He has known Martin since their youngest children attended nursery school together - over 12 years ago.

Chris is also a self-employed landscape gardener , though since discovering diving last year, also with In2Scuba in Kent, he has definitely decided his preference is for water over land!

In the short time he has been diving he has logged over 200 dives and currently holds five specialities, including Enriched Air, Dry Suit, O2 provider, Wreck and Deep Diver and is also a Rescue Diver. Chris has completed his EFR certification as well as being a DAN oxygen provider and has qualified as a Master Scuba Diver and like Martin is becoming a Divemaster.

He has dived all around the UK, from inland dive sites to the English Channel and the Farne Islands.  Chris has also enjoyed the wonders of the Mediterranean, with its clear warm waters and fantastic marine life during a visits to Malta, Crete and Turkey.

It was following their Rescue Diver certification that both Chris and Martin realised the value of the introduction of a piece of equipment that can enhance an injured diver’s chance of survival; hence the start of RescuEAN Limited.