On 23 October the London-based Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) announced that John Pottle will be joining the staff as its fifth Director.

Current Director Captain Peter Chapman-Andrews will be handing over the reins to John Pottle on 1 January, 2017.

John joins the RIN from Spirent Communications plc where he has served as Marketing Director of the Positioning Technology business unit since 2003. Spirent is best known for its leading portfolio of GPS/GNSS simulators and helps technology developers improve the performance and resiliency of their positioning, timing and navigation systems.