Shoreham Port are delighted to
announce that Fiona Morris has been appointed as Deputy Chair. Fiona was
originally appointed to the Board in January 2006 and since then she has
represented the Board on both the Port Users’ Group and other stakeholder
functions.
Fiona lives locally in Brighton
and has over 30 years of commercial, operational and business continuity
experience and has been responsible for driving through major technological and
organisational change and development. She was the first female Production
Director and Managing Director of a press centre responsible for printing and
distributing two national newspapers.
Fiona Morris said “I am thrilled
to be appointed Deputy Chair of Shoreham Port and look forward to continuing to
contribute towards the considerable success of the port. There are
many exciting projects taking place in the port, including the new £10m purpose
built steel processing facility for Parker Steel which will create up to 200 new local jobs when it opens in April 2012. Shoreham
Port is a major driver for the Sussex economy with 1400 jobs within the Port
area and is in/directly supporting many thousands of jobs in the
South East. I am committed to keeping Shoreham Port at the heart of the
community”.
Rodney Lunn, Chief Executive of
Shoreham Port commented “Fiona is a dynamic and enthusiastic member of the
Board and is passionate not only about customer service, but also ensuring that
the port meets all of its stakeholder responsibilities. Fiona and the new Chair
Jim May will make a very good team and we look forward to working with them to
the benefit of the customers and community”.