Mike Rambaut
In 2005 Michael Rambaut was appointed Secretary-General of CIRM 
the International Association of Maritime Electronics companies, a 
technical trade organisation and a non-profit making non-
governmental organisation. He represents the interests of the CIRM 
members at the specialised agencies of the United Nations specifically 
the IMO in London (International Maritime Organisation) and the ITU 
in Geneva (International Telecommunications Union. He specialises in 
the regulations and standards for the equipment CIRM members 
develop and manufacture for the world’s merchant shipping fleet.
Michael was educated at Ampleforth College and subsequently 
completed his technical training with Ferranti Ltd in Manchester, 
gaining an HNC in electrical and electronic engineering with a good 
theoretical and practical foundation in all aspects of the electronics 
industry in 1971. At Ferranti’s he worked in semiconductor applications 
specialising in microwave amplifiers.
He joined the International Marine Radio company in 1973 as a senior 
development engineer developing communications systems for 
merchant ships. He stayed with the company through 4 changes of 
ownership (ITT, STC, Nortel and MTI) rising to Technical director a 
position he held for 10 years, putting the company into the satellite 
communications age with the first Inmarsat maritime telephone 
equipment.