Helen Deeble

Helen Deeble CBE is a British businesswoman. She is currently the Chief Executive of P&O Ferries, and was formerly President of the UK Chamber of Shipping.^[1]

Career

Mrs Deeble trained as an accountant and worked at Sears plc. She entered the shipping industry at Stena Line in 1993, becoming finance director of the merged P&O Stena Line in 1998. Since May 2006, she has been Chief Executive of P&O Ferries, succeeding Russ Peters.^[2]

She is a board member of Interferry, the UK Chamber of Shipping and the Standard P&I Club. Deeble is a non-executive director of the Port of London Authority^[3] and chairs the management committee of the Authority’s pension fund. She was vice-president and president of the UK Chamber of Shipping from 2011 to 2013.^[4]

She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours.^[5]

References

1. "Interferry - Deeble elected President of the UKCofS". Retrieved 3 July 2016.
2. Murray, Rob (2006-02-27). "Movers & shakers: Helen Deeble is to succeed Russ Peters as CEO of P&O Ferries". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
3. "Organisation Structure - The Board". Port of London Authority. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
4. "UK shipping organisation pledges green focus". Maritime Journal. 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
5. "The London Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. 60367th edition. HM Government. 2012-12-29. p. 7. Retrieved 2015-10-16.