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Frank Dixie
Managing Director
Frank was born and raised in London and has been involved in the shipping Industry since leaving full time education. He was given the opportunity to work for a forwarding agency in the heart of London and thrived on the complexity and excitement the job offered.
At the age of twenty Frank decided to return to college and spent the next three years studying for an HND in business studies. Once qualified Frank returned to shipping and joined a freight agency to manage the National Iranian Oil and Gas Company movements from Europe to Iran. He also specialised in project movements.
Frank moved to Hampshire in 1978 and following assessment of market needs formed his owned company, Chandler Freight Lines which eventually merged with bulk liquid giants Trans Ocean Distribution Ltd. During his time at Trans Ocean Frank opened offices in China, Russia and Australia. In 1998 Frank and
his fellow directors made a successful bid to buy the forwarding division from Trans Ocean and immediately created Premier Shipping and Packing.
Shaun Parsons
Director
Shaun has been involved with the company since it first started in 1978 when it was called Chandler Freight Lines Limited. In 1992 the company was taken over by American logistics firm Trans Ocean Distribution Limited.
From a background of general forwarding and turnkey projects for a Polymer Factory in Jeddah, Brickwork’s Factory in Riyadh and a Banana Puree factory in Ecuador over the 14 years with Chandler, Shaun expanded his knowledge with Trans Ocean Distribution when after a couple of years of working on the forwarding division he was promoted to the logistics part of the business as European Operations Manager.
When he controlled seven European Operational departments in Belgium, Spain, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy and UK this increased his management skills and work in the European market. During the 1998 Management buy-out, Shaun was part of the management team to restructure the new business now known as PSP.
During the four and half years of PSP, Shaun has established the Operations department with his overseas links and world-wide knowledge of the industry. His development with the oil field industry in Texas USA has given PSP an increased exposure in the Middle and Far East markets, where major Texan manufacturers have expanded their pipeline equipment supply.
Freight negotiations with all the major steamship companies encompassed the finance department, which naturally came under his wing. Shaun is Reporting directly to the Board / MD on the Finance and Operations of the company and the development of the business.
He became a Director and Board member in September 2000.
Colin Redman
Managing Director (PSP London)
Colin was born in Earls Court, London in 1965. The Redman family moved out towards London Heathrow in 1975 where Colin finished his education. Upon leaving school Colin joined TNT Skypak within the international courier division, where he stayed for 3 years prior to a transfer into the Airfreight section of TNT.
In 1980 Colin moved over to Mercury International and joined a special unit that dealt only with dangerous goods.
Since 1980 he has held several positions, involving various aspects of work, including: TV & Media crews within departure terminals, Full Charters, Live Animals, Explosives, and Firearms.
Colin currently holds both DGSA and section 5 Licences.
Alan Rogers
Head Office Manager
During his shipping career Alan helped set up Eastern European factories in Poland and Slovakia for a UK client and was involved in the Customs discussions in these countries for the direct deliveries of the product from Japan.
Also a major toy importer was set up by Alan from scratch due to a chance phone call and all the import licensing and bonded warehouses were set up to facilitate the customer’s business.
Overseas visits to Hong Kong and Japan helped set up establish agents in this part of the world and increased his knowledge of the culture of the people in these countries.
Alan has seen the advent of containerisation and the relaxation of the customs borders during his career, but in this ever changing business there are still more challenges ahead.
The enlargement of the single market in May this year has reduced the amount of documentation to be prepared by the freight forwarder but cargo still has to be moved and the role of our role remains an important part of the logistics chain.
Simon O'Neill
Director – Marine Division
Simon O’Neill joined PSP in 1999 bringing with him an extensive knowledge of the commercial Boat Building industry gained whilst working for the FBM Group where he had spent the previous 30 years holding many senior positions in most areas of management.
As the Director responsible for the extremely successful FBM Support Services division Simon was responsible for securing and managing many highly profitable license build and refurbishment projects with both Government bodies and commercial organisations all around the world including the USA, Republic of Korea, Chile and Portugal.
As Group Commercial Director for the last 7 years at FBM he was responsible for shipping many Commercial Ferries up to 50 Metres and Patrol Boats up to 33 Metres to numerous countries including Hong Kong, Philippines, USA, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. This experience gained from the customer side is a very useful asset to the Marine Division.
Simon also served 5 years on the British Marine Equipment Association (BMEA) council, which he was elected on to in 1994 representing the Boat Building sector.
Darron Strange
Finance Director
Born and raised in The Midlands he moved to Hampshire in 1991. After working in various accounting roles and studying for CIMA, Darron first worked for CW Fellowes as part of their Financial Information Unit in 1998.
Then after being Management Accountant for both a dotcom enterprise, quoted on the American Stock Exchange, plus a European Technical Recruitment agency, Darron returned to CW Fellowes as a Client Relationship Manager in 2003. Whilst managing a portfolio of clients including PSP, Darron moved over to PSP in 2006 as Finance Manager.
It was at this time that PSP’s growth began to take significant leaps and it was felt that a permanent, senior, financial presence was needed within the Company. Whilst filling that role, Darron also brought extensive commercial experience to the Company and was invited on to the Board as Finance Director.
