Ben Thompson

Ben Thompson grew up in Yorkshire, England, and has worked in the dive and yachting industry for over 28 years. He teaches both scuba diving and sailing to the highest levels and has issued hundreds of internationally recognised certifications. He has worked in 14 different countries and dived and sailed through countless more, working within both the leisure and commercial sectors and dealing with clients that range from disadvantaged children to some of the wealthiest people on the planet. He has set up and operated several dive centres across the world and also built and ran his own dive centre in Mozambique, which he chronicled in a series of articles for Dive, a UK-based magazine. A keen environmentalist, he has a BA Hons degree in Marine Environmental Management and has been involved with many campaigners and projects to help save our seas. As a qualified yacht captain Ben has sailed most of the world’s great oceans as a private captain. He currently owns and operates with his lifelong partner a yacht training centre in the Caribbean and when not underwater he is an avid kite surfer.