Graham Cooper

Graham obtained his first degree in Materials Technology from Coventry (Lanchester) Polytechnic and his Masters degree in Advanced Materials Technology from the University of Surrey. He has been a Chartered Engineer since 1991 and is a Professional Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining.

After graduation, he spent 10 years with British Aerospace where he was primarily involved with materials development, manufacturing support and aircraft defect investigation. He went on to work for British Airways in 1995 as their company metallurgist and defect investigation specialist before joining Burgoynes in 1998 and transferred to Singapore in 2007.

Since joining Burgoynes, he has investigated over 500 mechanical and materials related cases including aircraft accidents and incidents, marine accidents and losses, road traffic accidents, rail accidents, oil and gas production and pipeline incidents, industrial process plant incidents and power generation turbine failures. He is based in the firm's Singapore office having previously worked in the Ilkley and London offices and has undertaken investigations in the UK, Ireland, Europe, South Africa, Middle East, Far East and Australia. 

He has acted as an Expert Witness and Single Joint Expert in litigation cases and had given expert evidence in civil and criminal court cases, arbitrations and mediations.