Board Members and Executive Team

Geoffrey Spence

Chair

Having spent many years in a variety of senior positions within investment banking, specialising in the financing of the utilities, energy and infrastructure industries and its major projects, Geoffrey also advised the UK Government and public sector on the commercial and financing aspects of these industries, as well as being a Special Advisor to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s advisor on business and EU policy. He was also a member of the UK Government’s Thames Estuary Commission.

Nowadays, he is a Director of a private, charitable acute hospital in Nazareth, Israel and is a member of the Board of the Association of Consulting Engineers.

Geoffrey also chairs Ports of Jersey Investment Committee.

Jane Smallman

Senior Independent Director

Jane is a Trustee and Chair of the John Muir Trust, a UK-based conservation charity dedicated to protecting and enhancing wild places, for the benefit of all.

She is a Fellow and was previously a Trustee and a Past President of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST). She is also a Trustee and Chair of the IMarEST Retirement Benefit Scheme. She is a Fellow and former Trustee of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Jane is also an Honorary Visiting Professor to the School of Engineering of the University of Edinburgh.

Jane chairs Ports of Jersey Harbour and Airport Authority Committee (HAAC) and sits on Investment Committee.

Nicky Dunn OBE

Non-Executive Director

Nicky Dunn has extensive executive and non-executive experience in commercial leisure, together with significant non-executive experience in property and placemaking.

During her executive career, Nicky held senior positions for SMG (now ASM Global) the world’s largest venue operator.

She was Chair of the Titanic Foundation Ltd (now Maritime Belfast), which built and owns the award-winning Titanic visitor attraction and other assets and has developed a destination along the waterfront in Belfast. Nicky sat on the board of The London Legacy Development Company (Olympic Park) for nine years, which oversees one of the largest and highest profile urban regeneration projects in the UK and Europe. She also chaired the Netball World Cup, held in Liverpool in July 2019.

Nicky is a Trustee of The Young Vic Theatre.

In 2016, Nicky was awarded an OBE for Services to Tourism.

Nicky sits on Ports of Jersey Audit and Risk and Investment Committees.

Lynn Cleary

Non-Executive Director

Lynn Cleary is a highly experienced senior executive with extensive expertise in financial services. She served as Chief Financial Officer of Royal Bank of Scotland International, one of the largest banking institutions in the Crown Dependencies.

She currently chairs the Treasury Advisory Panel for the Government of Jersey and is a Non-Executive Director of Foresight Solar Fund Limited, a FTSE listed investment company.

Lynn has recently been appointed as a Commissioner of the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC), reflecting her significant contribution to the financial services sector and her commitment to high standards of regulation and oversight.

She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (FCA), a Certified Investment Fund Director (CIFD), and holds a first class degree from Trinity College Dublin.

Lynn chairs the Ports of Jersey Audit and Risk Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Alun Griffiths

Non-Executive Director

Alun has spent the majority of his career in the engineering consultancy industry with WS Atkins plc. He worked in the UK and internationally in the UK and internationally in a range of business leadership and corporate roles (working on projects in more than 40 countries), with his last role as Group HR Director responsible for 18,000 staff based in Europe, the Middle East, USA and Asia.

Since retiring from the board in 2014, he has worked as a Non Executive Director with a range of organisations in the engineering, construction and professional services industries,

He currently chairs the Remuneration Consultants Group, is a non executive director for Ramboll AS (a global engineering, architecture and consulting company) and is on the Council of the University of Bath. He chairs a range of board committees including remuneration, people and culture, and mergers and acquisitions.

Until 2023 he was Vice Chair of the Port of London Authority.

Alun chairs Ports of Jersey Nomination and Remuneration Committee and also sits on Audit and Risk Committee.

Michelle Hynd

Non-Executive Director

Michelle brings extensive executive and non-executive experience across the public, listed private and third sectors. In her executive career, she held senior leadership roles delivering large-scale organisational restructuring, separation, and transformation programmes within complex, regulated environments. She has deep expertise in infrastructure, real estate, transport, logistics and corporate services, including her role as Director of Corporate Infrastructure at FTSE 100 SSE plc.

Michelle has held a range of non-executive positions and brings significant experience in governance, strategy, and transformation. She is currently a Non-Executive Director at Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Previously, she served on the Board of Scottish Water Business Stream, where she chaired the Remuneration Committee and was a member of the Audit Committee, and at the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission, where she chaired the Audit Committee. She has also been a Strategic Advisor to Glasgow Science Centre and a Trustee of Business in the Community.

She holds an MBA and a PhD and received the University of Strathclyde Executive Leadership Award for her contribution to STEM.

Michelle sits on Ports of Jersey Audit and Risk Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Sue Mackenzie

Non-Executive Director

Sue brings a wealth of international, commercial shipping operational experience, having served in senior management and advisory roles for both public and private companies for more than 20 years. She held a variety of roles during nearly 13 years at P&O Ferries most recently as Operations and Business Transformation Director. Prior to that she was Operations Director of London Luton Airport at a time of unprecedented growth following the launch of easyJet.

Sue’s early career was spent in the Army, during this time her responsibilities were broad and diverse and included tours on operations.

After leaving the Army Sue spent time as Chief Executive of the charity Cities in Schools (CiS), which ran partnership programmes between business and the community to provide education to disadvantaged young people.

Sue currently serves as a Non-Executive Director of BMT Group Ltd, the Port of London Authority and Logistics UK. She is also a trustee of the Women’s Royal Army Corps Association and a council member of the National Army Museum.

She has degrees in Agricultural Science and Emergency Planning Management and has completed the General Management Programme at Harvard Business School.

Sue sits on Ports of Jersey Harbour and Airport Authorities Committee and Investment Committee.

​Matt Thomas

Chief Executive Officer

Matt joined Ports of Jersey as Group Chief Executive Officer bringing significant international experience in the operation, development and financing of major infrastructure companies. In his previous role, he was the Chief Executive Officer of the Shannon Group, the primary catalyst for economic development in the West of Ireland, incorporating airport, tourism, property and aerospace companies.

Before moving to Ireland, Matt was based in Manhattan, leading the €4bn privatisation of LaGuardia Airport in his role as Chief Commercial Officer of Vantage Airport Group. He was involved in the majority of Vantage’s thirty airport projects across four continents, as well as being a director of a number of airports in the Vantage portfolio, including Nassau, Bahamas; Montego Bay, Jamaica and Santiago in Chile.

A qualified accountant, having trained in investment banking, Matt has also held senior management positions at Vancouver Airport (recognised as the best airport in North America), Liverpool John Lennon Airport (where he was CEO), Larnaca and Paphos in Cyprus, Copenhagen and Newcastle Airports.

Matt also serves as a Director for Ports of Jersey’s 100% subsidiaries, PFD Limited and POJ (Services) Limited.

Jenny Marek-Murray

Chief Finance Officer

Jenny was born in Jersey and educated at Beaulieu School. She subsequently moved to the USA with her family, where she gained a degree in Environmental Science at the University of Tampa.

She went on to train and qualify in chartered accounting in London before working for a number of years within the travel industry in one of the Opodo Group subsidiaries.

She returned to Jersey in 2008 and began working for Jersey Harbours as Deputy Finance Director. Upon the integration of Ports of Jersey in 2015, Jenny assumed the role of Deputy Director for Business Resources. She was appointed to her current role in February 2021.

​Stephen King

Chief Operating Officer

Stephen King is the Chief Operating Officer and his focus is on bringing Ports of Jersey’s customer, commercial and operational teams together, and continuing to improve customer experience.

Stephen’s previous role was with VINCI Airports as Chief Commercial Officer for Cambodia’s three airports. Before that, he worked for five years at London Gatwick in Aviation Development. He’s also worked in the maritime and logistics sectors and spent more than a decade at Virgin Atlantic Airways, with leadership roles in the UK, India and Hong Kong.

Stephen was appointed in 2024.

​Hannah Gleave

Chief People and Sustainability Officer

Hannah is a specialist in employment relations, reward and change management. She has worked for Ports of Jersey since 2015 moving from a Reward and Employment Relations specialist role in local government.

She recently led a comprehensive Reward Project that modernised all pay, terms and conditions for the business through an extensive engagement programme that won the UK CIPD People Management Best Reward and Recognition initiative 2019.

She was born in Jersey, completed her Masters in HR Management at London Southbank University, Strategic Leadership level 7 CMI qualified, has a BSc in Psychology and is also a licenced Counsellor and Psychotherapist.

​Captain Bill Sadler

Harbourmaster

Bill is an experienced Master Mariner with over twenty years of practical experience across a number of different maritime sectors, including a number of years in Command with Trinity House.

Bill joined Ports of Jersey in 2015 as a Harbour Manager/Pilot, initially heading up work on the Ports Safety Management System, before assuming responsibility for Jersey Coastguard.

In 2017, Bill was appointed Harbourmaster and is responsible for ensuring the Island’s lifeline critical maritime assets remain open, safe and secure, as well as ensuring we deliver on our Maritime Public Service obligations.

Bill was appointed to Ports Executive Team in December 2018.

​Ashley Maggs

Airport Operations Director

Ashley joined Ports of Jersey in 2014 and was appointed Deputy Airport Director in 2022 as a succession role for future leadership. He is the accountable manager for the Airport.