Tony HildrewFounder

United Kingdom - Newcastle Upon Tyne, England

Tony has a background in both Commercial Shipping and Yachting as a Marine Engineering Officer, he is qualified as an HLO, ISO/ISM Lead Auditor and holds a Foundation Degree in Marine Engineering.

Tony has sailed up to the rank of 3rd Engineer on commercial vessels; varying from Bulk Carriers and Passenger Ferries, along with having served onboard 5 superyachts varying from 35 to 142 meters up to the rank of Chief Engineer.

Throughout his career Tony has revelled at the challenges the maritime industry throws up and played a significant role in a number of large scale new build, refit and ship repair projects. Some of the most notable include being part of the build team on project white pearl, conducting four 15 year class surveys back to back on CMA-CGM's Fort Class Container Ships and Project Managing the 15 year special survey of a 67m Amels Superyacht.

The Founder & CEO of Ceto - a maritime technology that prevents machinery breakdowns, reduce fuel consumption and delivers telematics based marine insurance.

Building technology solutions to innovate the maritime sector, predicting machinery breakdowns before they happen, improving operational efficiencies to reduce fuel consumption and improving safety at sea. Our technology stack can be applied to any type of vessel with the use of a low cost, easy to install IoT gateway.

When away from the office, Tony’s passions include Football, Golf and Motorsport.