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Neil Morisetti, is a retired

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officer who is an Honorary Professor and Director of Strategy at

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's Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy Department.

Naval career

Morisetti was educated at the

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, and subsequently joined the Royal Navy in 1976. After initial training at

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, he held shore postings and attended the

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and graduated with a

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. In 1986 he was appointed commanding officer of the patrol boat of the

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Squadron.Biography at Institute for Environmental Security
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of the frigate , and in 1991 joined the Naval Secretary's Department as an officers' appointer in 1991. From 1993 to 1994 he was commanding officer of the destroyer . After attending the

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, Morisetti joined the Directorate of Navy Plans and Programmes in 1995. He was then Chief Staff Officer for Plans and Programmes to

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Surface Flotilla, before returning to command ''Cardiff'' as Captain 5th Destroyer Squadron in 1999. Morisetti returned to the

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as deputy director of Resources and Plans, and was then appointed Director TOPMAST, the project developing a new Royal Navy manpower system, as a commodore. Guangdong Governor Zhu Xiaodan (9963877385)

Guangdong Governor Zhu Xiaodan (9963877385)

After attending the Higher Command and Staff Course in 2004, Morisetti took command of the aircraft carrier . ''Invincible'' acted as the flagship during the

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naval review off Portsmouth in June 2005, before being paid off the following month. In November 2005 he was promoted to

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and appointed Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces (COMUKMARFOR), also serving as

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High Readiness Force Maritime Commander. In July 2007 he was appointed

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of the

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. Morisetti was appointed a

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(CB) in the

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, and the following November became the United Kingdom's Climate and Energy Security Envoy. In January 2013 he was appointed as the Foreign Secretary's interim Special Representative for Climate Change, a position he held for ten months.

Post-navy career

Following his retirement from the Royal Navy, Morisetti was appointed an Honorary Professor and Director of Strategy at

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's Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy Department in January 2014.UCL Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy Dept
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of the

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