Melanie Meniru

Mel is Co- Founder of SEAS THE MIND, a training company dedicated to creating mentally healthy and resilient seafarers through mental health training. Mel worked as a chef on busy charter sailing yachts throughout her twenties. After years of back-to-back seasons she recognised a consistent void of discussion and external support to counteract isolation and harassment that those in the yachting community face. Together with Emma Ross, their mission to address the mental health challenges faced by seafarers culminated with SEAS THE MIND’s inception just before COVID hit. Throughout the pandemic Mel worked as a policy advisor for the UK Chamber of Shipping specialising in Employment and Health & Safety to try and improve the quality of care seafarers were experiencing across the industry. In 2022 she left this role to give birth to her son and to publish 'Behind Ocean Lines - The Invisible Price of Accommodating Luxury’ to raise awareness surrounding depression at sea and to share th