Robin McInnes

Who is Robin McInnes?

Professor Robin McInnes, OBE is an authority on coastal processes who lives and works on the Isle of Wight.

Professor McInnes worked for various Isle of Wight local authorities from 1972 to 2007. He worked for the Isle of Wight County Council from 1972 until 1987 and as Deputy Borough Surveyor and subsequently Borough Surveyor of South Wight Borough Council until local government reorganisation in 1995. On the creation of the Unitary Authority he was appointed as Coastal Manager for the Isle of Wight Council. He resigned this post in June 2007 and established his own consultancy 'Coastal and Geotechnical Services'.

Professor McInnes is a chartered civil engineer and geologist and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and of the Geological Society of London. In 1996 he established the Isle of Wight Centre for the Coastal Environment for the Isle of Wight Council. This provided a focus for addressing the problems facing the Isle of Wight coastline in terms of coastal erosion and landslip, particularly in the context of potentially worsening situations arising from the predicted impacts of climate change.