About Us

David Sheret

Co-Founder & Executive Director

David is the driving force behind Archer Knight’s strategic vision. He has spent more than 20 years in senior management positions, the last 14 focused on the subsea oil & gas sector. David’s emphasis throughout his subsea career has been on business development, market intelligence and communications. David has a wide experience of the industry, leading business development operations in West Africa, the Gulf of Mexico and the UK Continental Shelf. His role as an industry expert saw him serve as an executive director of Subsea UK for five years.

Mike Watson

Co-Founder & Executive Director

Mike is the commercial brain behind Archer Knight, with a straightforward philosophy of ‘work hard, deliver on time’. Mike directs Archer Knight’s commercial and operational functions and has more than 20 years’ experience in the oil & gas industry. Over his career, Mike has built a detailed knowledge of the industry, leading commercial activities in Asia Pacific, West Africa and the UK Continental Shelf and has held senior commercial roles at several energy service companies, including Bibby Offshore, Wood Group Engineering, and Technip Offshore UK. Mike has a BSc in Quantity Surveying from Robert Gordon University.

David Boggs

Executive Director

David is EMA's Founder and Executive Director at Archer Knight Holdings. David has over 20 years’ experience in the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry including extensive involvement in numerous FSO and FPSO projects, including as project manager. He has performed market research, strategic planning, project execution support, and business development expertise to clients in the offshore energy sector.

Mark Docherty

Operations Director

Mark is Archer Knight’s Operations Director. He has held senior leadership roles at Acteon, ODL, Wood, Expro, and Advantica previously. Mark is based in the UK.

Derek Beddows

Director of Diving & Safety Services

Derek joined the Archer Knight team in 2020 and is a highly respected diving industry safety professional. He was BP’s first Diving Technical Authority, where he was responsible for all upstream diving. He also provided diving technical support and guidance to other areas of the business, such as downstream and shipping. Derek created BP’s global requirements for improved hyperbaric reception facilities at all saturation diving worksites, which later became the global industry norm. Derek entered the diving industry in 1977 and has worked for several service companies within the oil & gas sector. His most recent role before BP was Diving and Operations Support Group Manager for Technip UK.

Lawrence Baldwin

Director of QHSE

Lawrence is a senior manager in business risk with more than 40 years’ experience in engineering, quality, safety and risk management. He has worked in a number of senior positions within the oil and gas sector, most notably Baker Hughes and Bibby Offshore. He previously served for 23 years in the Royal Navy. Lawrence is a chartered health & safety practitioner and has Quality Management Training to AQAP1, JAR 145 & BS EN ISO 9001 and is a qualified Lead Auditor to BS EN ISO 9001. He is an investor in Archer Knight.

Graeme Wood

Special Projects Associate

Graeme is a chartered director with international managing director experience. His roots are in marine engineering, developing into senior executive positions in several organisations ranging from family-owned enterprises through to multi-national organisations. Has held and holds executive and non-executive board positions with a focus on shareholder returns through safe operational delivery, strategic business development and implementing business improvement projects. Experienced in a wide range of marine and oil and gas sectors including topsides and subsea environments, Graeme works with Archer Knight on special projects.

Mark Corney

Finance Director

Mark works as Archer Knight’s contracted Finance Director. He has held senior leadership roles in M2 Subsea, Bibby Remote Intervention, Hallin Marine and Schlumberger. Mark is based in the UK.

Lynne Paterson

Finance & Facilities Manager

Lynne joined us to provide essential business support in our early days as a start-up in 2016 and is a member of our senior leadership team. As well as her experience working within the subsea industry, we have also benefited from her background in project management and working for educational organisations. Lynne plays a critical role in ensuring our business operations run smoothly, heading up all support services including finance, company policy and facilities.

Andrea Moonie

Sales & Marketing Manager

Andrea is Archer Knight’s Sales & Marketing Manager. She was previously Creative Director at Azzuro Blu and Managing Director at WRAP Productions.

Kelsey Crehan

Market Intelligence Team Lead

Kelsey runs the day-to-day operations of the Market Intelligence Team alongside Mark Docherty, the Operations Director. This entails management of the team in terms of deliverable deadlines, as well as preparation of Monthly Market Assessment Plan reports and bespoke research for a variety of clients within the subsea market. This includes the compiling, managing, and analysing granular of data to provide insight within industry sectors.

Kelsey graduated with a Master of Arts Degree in Psychology in 2017 and worked in offshore recruitment before joining Archer Knight as a Market Intelligence Research Assistant in 2019.

Yun Xu

Senior Analyst

Yun Xu is responsible for EMA’s flagship product, the Floating Production Report. She closely collaborates with David Boggs to maintain and update the EMA in-house database, prepare quarterly reports, and ensure timely delivery of work. Yun also assists in customised market research projects for various clients, gathering and processing information from multiple sources, along with creating data visualisation presentations.

Beyond her involvement in market research, Yun contributes to EMA sales, business development, and engages with leads and clients to showcase EMA’s report and market intelligence services.

Stephanie Reith

Graphic Designer

Steph is a skilled graphic designer with 10+ years experience working within in-house design departments, as well as roles at creative agencies. She thrives whilst working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, building relationships and bringing ideas and collaborative thinking to deliver strategic projects and creative campaigns. Steph is a self-motivated, highly disciplined and process driven designer. Her work shows her passion for creativity and the power of simplicity in design.

Ross Ord

Market Intelligence Lead Analyst

Ross is a part of the Market Intelligence team working under Kelsey Crehan (Team Lead) & Mark Docherty (Operations Director). This entails the preparation of monthly assessment plan reports, bespoke research for a variety of clients within the offshore energy market, administration and data input in our SaaS platform Flowline and the upkeep of our vessel tracking capabilities.

Ross graduated with a Master of Science Degree in Socio-economics & Politics in 2019 and worked in market research interviewing before joining Archer Knight as a Market Intelligence Research Assistant in 2021.

Matthew Fleming

Sales Executive

Matthew is part of the Sales team working under Andrea Moonie (Sales and Marketing Manager). This entails building relationships with potential clients and presenting the market intelligence products Archer Knight has to offer such, as bespoke research, the SaaS platform Flowline and the Archer Knight Global DSV tracker.

Matthew graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business with Finance at Aberdeen University and begun working at Archer Knight in September 2023.

Liam Stewart

Market Intelligence Research Assistant

Liam is a part of the Market Intelligence team working under Kelsey Crehan (Team Lead) & Mark Docherty (Operations Director). This entails the preparation of monthly assessment plan reports, bespoke research for a variety of clients within the offshore energy market, administration and data input in our SaaS platform Flowline and the upkeep of our vessel tracking capabilities.

Kerr Docherty

SaaS Platform Support

Kerr is a member of our Market Intelligence team working closely under the guidance of Kelsey Crehan, our experienced Team Lead, and Mark Docherty, the Operations Director. In the role of SaaS Plaform Support, Kerr's main responsibilities encompass meticulous data input, ensuring accurate and streamlined information within our systems and a strong focus on SaaS platform support. Kerr also provides support with the preparation of monthly assessment plan reports, bespoke research for a variety of clients within the offshore energy market, administration and the upkeep of our vessel tracking services.

Balancing academic pursuits as a Computer Software student with professional responsibilities, Kerr contributes a mix of theoretical understanding and practical insights to the team.