Team

Simon Moore - Chief Executive Officer
Simon has been with DP World since 2003 in a number of Director Positions as the company has expanded to become the world’s fourth largest container terminal operator, working particularly closely on both the CSX and P&O acquisitions. His previous experience involves the development of ports at Constanta in Romania, leading the newly privatised Jakarta Container Port into a new era of operational and commercial success and several years with P&O Containers, serving in senior management positions in London, South Korea, Singapore and Dubai. Simon has more than 25 years' experience in port development, shipping and logistics industries and is leading the London Gateway team.

Andrew Bowen - Director of Civil Engineering
Andrew is a key member of the team responsible for the planning, design and supervision of works at London Gateway. This role has included planning and design of the port and park development, management of consultants and contractors working on the development and support to the legal teams associated with the implementation of the Harbour Empowerment Order. Previously, Andrew was involved in the planning, design, supervision and project management of DP World container terminals throughout the world. He is a Civil Engineer with a degree in Engineering (Honours) and Masters in Engineering Studies.

Charles Meaby - Commercial Director
Reporting to the CEO of London Gateway Charles is responsible for health and safety, security, human resources, finance, communications, information technology, and office administration. He trained as Mechanical Engineer and has over 15 years of UK and international experience in the port and logistics supply chain industries. His previous appointments include commercial, business development and general management with Associated British Ports, Southampton and Hutchison Port Holdings, Port of Felixstowe and Freeport Harbour Authority Bahamas.

Marcus Pearson - Environmental Manager
Marcus manages London Gateway's environmental protection programme which includes probably Europe's biggest terrestrial translocation of protected species and marine monitoring activities. Marcus has 25 years' experience in environmental management, working on major construction projects both in the UK and abroad. His extensive experience includes managing the environment programme for the London 2012 Olympics site, Channel Tunnel Rail Link and Terminal 5. Marcus has created an Environmental Management System for the Project which covers all the construction activities and will shortly be certified to ISO 14001:2004.

Xavier Woodward - Communications Manager
Xavier manages the corporate communications for London Gateway. As one of the largest infrastructure and investment projects currently in the UK, London Gateway’s team needs to communicate with journalists, politicians, residents, businesses, regulatory stakeholders, charities and educational establishments. Xavier previously worked for leading global engineering and design consultancy Arup and Mott Macdonald to communicate complex infrastructure projects to a variety of audiences.

Clive Allen - Finance Director
Clive a long term Essex resident, has over 20 years experience in the shipping industry, most recently having worked for P&O Containers and the Maersk group. Clive’s experience covers all aspects of liner shipping, having been involved in the launch of new products such as P&O Nedlloyd’s Pacific Trade and having held full profit & loss responsibility for the multi-billion dollar company. While with Maersk, Clive was in charge of finance in the UK and financial controller for all inland terminal activities within APM Terminals.

Tim Halhead - Operations Director
In his role as the Operations Director, Tim will work to make London Gateway a world-class port. Tim has 35 years experience working on major port developments include Felixstowe’s Trinity Terminal and China’s first international deep water sea terminal at Yantian. Tim has held operation and senior management positions for Hutchison Ports UK & Thamesport, Hong Kong International Terminals, Port Klang in Malaysia, and Medcenter Container Terminal in Southern Italy.