Keith Johnstone is Assistant Director, Regulatory Innovation at the Maritime &amp; Coastguard Agency. Keith leads on future proofing of policy and regulation for the MCA, looking particularly at the likely impacts of decarbonisation and associated emerging technologies on shipping. 
 
Keith was previously Director of International Relations at the University of Southampton and has extensive experience in parliamentary procedure &amp; policy research including at the New Zealand, Scottish, United Kingdom and New South Wales Parliaments. He holds an undergraduate degree in politics from Victoria University of Wellington and master&rsquo;s degrees in international law and political public relations from the University of Sydney. 
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