Role: Non-executive Directors

Remuneration: £14,857 per annum

Time Commitment: circa 12 days per annum

Location: Tyne and Wear

The Port of Tyne, the largest UK trust port, is an independent statutory body governed by its own, unique, local legislation and controlled by an independent Board of Directors. Its primary duty is to manage, maintain, develop and improve the Port for the benefit of all its stakeholders.

Two non-executive directors are required to join the Board for an initial three year term.

Required

We are seeking candidates who have the gravitas and credibility to work at Board level and the ability to exercise the required decision making and judgement. Candidates must also be able to demonstrate one or more of the following areas of skills and experience:

working closely with the public sector at a national and local government level and a strong understanding of the North East of England
a background in the marine profession
a strong financial background preferably in a logistics or service environment
significant business experience including commercial partnerships, joint ventures, M&A
international commercial networks within energy, oil and gas and renewable sectors.

Remuneration for this position is £14,857 with an expectation that you will work 12 days per year with meetings being a mixture of online and in person. This is a public appointment made by the Secretary of State for Transport with a three year tenure and the potential for renewal.

For a confidential discussion, please contact our advising consultants at GatenbySanderson:

Khadeeja Khalid, Khadeeja.khalid@gatenbysanderson.com
Olivia Robinson, Olivia.robinson@gatenbysanderson.com
Julie Myers, julie.myers@gatenbysanderson.com

For more information and to apply, please click Apply.

Closing date: 5pm on Friday 24 January 2025

We welcome applications from all sections of the community. We value diversity and appoint on merit.

Disability Confident

We guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the role. By ‘minimum criteria,’ we mean that you must provide evidence in your application, which demonstrates that you meet the level of competence required under each of the essential criteria.

If you want to apply under this scheme, when submitting your online application simply indicate when prompted.

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