Chris Trelawny

Deputy Secretary General INTERPORTPOLICE

Chris Trelawny became Deputy Secretary General of INTERPORTPOLICE on 1 January 2022. Before that, he spent 18 years in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretariat working with Governments, IOs and NGOs on maritime security, maritime development and the sustainable blue economy. His posts included Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on Maritime Security and Facilitation, Chief, Maritime Development and Acting Director of IMO Technical Cooperation Division. He focussed on multi-agency approaches to maritime safety, security, and facilitation, , including piracy, migrant smuggling and the international wildlife trade. His major projects included writing and delivering the IMO maritime security "Train the Trainer" course, the counter-piracy Djibouti Code of Conduct (DCoC), the Yaoundé Code of Conduct, and the Jeddah Amendment to the DCoC, 2017. He served for 30 years as a naval reservist and is a Younger Brother of Trinity House. Before joining IMO in 2003, Chris spent 10 years in aviation security roles and 8 years as a customs officer, serving at sea with both HM Customs and the Royal Navy.