Rear AdmiralNeil Morisetti, CB is a retired Royal Navy officer who is a Professor of Climate and Resource Security at University College London's Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy Department, where he is also Vice Dean (Public Policy) in the Faculty of Engineering Sciences.
After attending the Joint Service Defence College, Morisetti joined the Directorate of Navy Plans and Programmes in 1995.[1] He was then Chief Staff Officer for Plans and Programmes to Flag Officer Surface Flotilla, before returning to command Cardiff as Captain 5th Destroyer Squadron in 1999.
Morisetti returned to the Ministry of Defence as deputy director of Resources and Plans, and was then appointed Director TOPMAST, the project developing a new Royal Navy manpower system, as a commodore.[1]
Following his retirement from the Royal Navy, Morisetti was initially appointed an Honorary Professor and Director of Strategy at University College London's Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy Department in January 2014.[5] In 2021 he was appointed Professor of Climate and Resource Security.
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