Mr Richard MorrisRoyal Navy Maritime Domain Awareness Programme Manager

Richard Morris entered the Royal Navy as a Midshipman in January 1984 at Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth. An exciting and rewarding career of 36 years’ service as a warfare officer saw Richard at sea in a variety of Royal Navy warships in home waters and in many areas across the globe where the UK has an interest to promote or a national or international security responsibility to enforce. Examples of his global maritime operations experience include Northern Ireland, the South Atlantic, the Far East, Western Indian Ocean region and the Persian Gulf on 3 separate deployments including the invasion of Iraq in 2003. At sea Richard was privileged to command HMS TRUMPETER and HMS SOUTHAMPTON.
From January 2014, Richard served in the UAE based at the British Embassy Dubai as the Royal Navy Liaison Officer Gulf and Commanding Officer Naval Party 1023 which included responsibility for the forward deployed UKMTO Dubai team. This was his final Royal Navy appointment prior to leaving the Service in May 2019. On retirement Richard joined NAVY DIGITAL as a civilian

MOD contractor with the responsibility of managing the Royal Navy’s Maritime Domain Awareness Programme.

He is also an independent MDA Adviser to the Chair of the SHADE GOG/MCF Information Sharing and Incident Reporting Working Group.
The Royal Navy Maritime Domain Awareness Programme (RN MDAP) is a complex integrated cross-government enterprise that seeks to achieve an effective understanding of anything associated with the Maritime Domain that could impact the security, safety, economy or environment of the UK and its overseas territories and dependencies. From a maritime security perspective this includes the advancement and protection of the UK’s interests, at home and abroad, through the active management of risks and opportunities.

Honours and Awards
1991 General Service Medal (1962) with Northern Ireland Clasp
1993 NATO Medal – Former Yugoslavia Clasp
1999 Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with 2009 and 2019 Clasps 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
2003 Iraq Medal with Clasp
2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal