Laith is a Senior Geotechnical Engineer and Renewables Lead with the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) in Perth. He completed a DPhil (PhD) in Engineering Science at the University of Oxford in 2013 focused on the geotechnical performance of offshore shallow foundations. Laith has industry experience in offshore geotechnics for renewable energy projects in the areas of site investigation and characterisation, foundation design and installation. He has been involved in a number of offshore wind farm projects including developments in Europe and Asia.