Wessel Potjer

Manager Risk & Quality

Wessel holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nautical Studies. After a career at sea, Wessel entered the world of surveying in 2003 was a cargo inspector for one of the leading companies in the field of quality and quantity inspections.

Wessel joined BMT in 2016 as a survey coordinator in BMT's Risk & Quality department looking after the coordination of hundreds of ship vetting inspections globally. He was promoted to manager of the R&Q department in 2024, a role in which he is leading a team of survey coordinators and where he maintains contact with BMT's clients and stakeholders. Wessel is a key player in the development of the BMT MATE survey application, which allows efficient and consistent reporting and trend evaluation that enables BMT's clients to increase performance optimisation in their daily business. 

His background as a mariner and his knowledge and experience from ship condition studies is often relied upon when investigating complex incidents.

Wessel is based in Rotterdam.