Julie Carlton, Seafarer Safety & Health Manager, MCA

 Julie Carlton joined the Department for Transport in 1987 and moved to the Marine Safety Agency (now the MCA) in 1995.

 As Head of the Seafarer Safety and Health Branch since 2009, Julie has responsibility for living and working conditions for seafarers and fishermen, including implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC) and the ILO Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (ILO 188), which the UK ratified in 2013 and 2019 respectively. Julie is the current chair of the ILO’s Special Tripartite Committee on the MLC. She also has responsibility for seafarer health and safety policy, including liaison with the Health and Safety Executive, seafarer medical issues and the MCA’s Human Element strategy.