Geoff Toms

Area of Expertise

Mr. Toms has 40+ years of experience in various disciplines of coastal and port engineering. The experience has been applied in projects concerning the layout and design of many types of coastal infrastructure (shore protection, reclamation, islands, ports, terminals, pipelines, single buoy moorings, breakwaters, etc.) and in studies dealing with broader planning and long-term management of the coastal zones, estuaries and coastal environment.

Professional Experience

◉ Deltares Regional Manager Gulf Area & Freelance Coastal Eng. Advisory activities

◉ Coastal Chair & Senior Lecturer Coastal and Port Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, S.Africa

◉ Manager Deltares (Delft Hydraulics) in UAE

◉ Head Harbours, Coastal Eng. And Offshore Technology Dept; WL Delft Hydraulics, The Netherlands

◉ Marine Hydraulics Manager Frederic R Harris Engineering Consultants B.V., The Hague, The Netherlands

◉ HR Wallingford, Wallingford, U.K., Senior Project Manager, Tidal Engineering

◉ Head Hydrodynamics & Water Quality, National Research Institute for Oceanology, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Academic Qualification

MSc – Computational Hydraulics (with disctinction), IHE, Delft, The Netherlands
BSc – Civil Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa