| Sir Colin Goad | |
| Order: | 4th Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization |
| Term Start: | 1 January 1968 |
| Term End: | 31 December 1973 |
| Predecessor: | Jean Roullier |
| Successor: | Chandrika Prasad Srivastava |
Sir Colin Goad was a British civil servant who served as Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, then known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO).[1] [2] [3] He served as Secretary-General from 1968 to 1973.[4] [5]
He was born 31 December 1914 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.[4] He was educated at Cirencester Grammar School and then studied history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University.[4]
In 1937 he joined the British Civil Service working at the Department for Transport.[4] He was promoted to Under-Secretary in 1963.[4] In January 1959 he attended the First Assembly of the IMCO.[4] He worked on the organisations maritime safety committee before being Deputy Secretary General and serving in this role between 1963 and 1968.[3]
Goad was appointed Secretary General of the organization on 1 January 1968.[4] [3] In 1967 Goad remarked that the Torrey Canyon oil spill had a significant influence on the development of IMCO as the organization developed environmental rules (later to be the MARPOL Convention.[6] In 1969, Goad gave a speech at the International Legal Conference on Marine Pollutan damage which outlined IMCO's technical mandate and legal purview to improve maritime safety and protect the marine environment.[7] [8]
Goad served as Secretary General until 31 December 1973.[4]
He then worked for the Liberian and Marshall Islands ship registries.[4]
He died in Cirencester on 15 March 1998.[4]
On 15 June 1974 Goad was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.[4]
His papers are held in the Bodleian Library.[9]