Captain Adrian Scales is a Chartered Master Mariner (CMMar), Fellow of the Nautical Institute (FNI) and Younger Brother of Trinity House, London.

He joined Brookes Bell in January 2007 from a position as Master with P&O Ferries (Irish Sea) Ltd. and became Director of Europe in 2024.

During his 18 years at sea, he served on various ship types including reefer/container, general cargo, freight ferries, Ro-Pax ferries and High-Speed Passenger Craft (HSC).

In November 2015, Adrian was appointed to the Lloyd’s Salvage Arbitration Branch SCR Panel as Special Casualty Representative (SCR). He is regularly appointed to attend challenging shipping casualties around the globe.

Adrian is passionate about the topic of crew safety on Ro-Pax, Ro-Ro and Container ships. He has presented on the topic of Li-Ion safety at various international conferences in the hope of raising the profile of the challenges that could be faced by seafarers when they encounter a fire on their vessel. He continues to try and raise the profile that the crew need to be trained differently to respond to incidents involving this new technology.

In addition to being a Court Assistant at the Honourable Company of Master Mariners, Adrian is also the Chair of the Nautical Institute North-West England and North-Wales Branch, and Chair of the Chartered Master Mariner Registration Authority.