The winner of the Businessperson of the Year award, for example, was someone who has carved out a long and impactful career in the marine industry.

Ian Wilson is group director at Benthic Solutions, part of the Asteroceras Group, of which Ian is managing director.

Benthic Solutions is a Hoveton-based business which provides companies with support for a range of projects in the marine environment.

Ian has extensive experience in building science-based expertise within a successful offshore survey company and was the founder and a director of geotechnical survey specialist Gardline Environmental Limited for 15 years.

Benthic Solutions was incorporated in 2004 and continued the process of evolving the national and international standards and protocols that Gardline had started.

By 2008, Benthic Solutions was approached by several........

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