Board Members & Executive Team
Board Members
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 chairs Ports of Jersey’s Investment Committee and sits on the Nomination Committee.
Jane Smallman
Non-Executive Director
Jane is now Trustee of the John Muir Trust, a Scottish based conservation charity dedicated to the experience, protection and repair of wild spaces.
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 sat on Ports of Jersey’s Risk and Remuneration Committees, assuming the Risk Committee Chair on 1 December 2021.
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 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 currently Chairs The Jockey Club Live and The London Stadium boards and 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’s Risk and Investment Committees.
Lynn Cleary
Non-Executive Director
Lynn Cleary is an experienced senior executive with significant financial services knowledge. Lynn is a former CFO of the Royal Bank of Scotland International, one of the largest Banks in the Crown Dependencies, having stepped down in September 2022. She is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (FCA) and a Certified Investment Fund Director (CIFD).
Lynn was also a recent President of the Jersey Bankers Association (2021-2023) and is current Chair of the Treasury Advisory Panel for the Government of Jersey. She is also a Non-Executive Director of Foresight Solar Fund Limited.
Lynn chairs the Ports of Jersey’s Audit Committee.
Alun Griffiths
Non-Executive Director
Alun has spent the majority of his career in the engineering consultancy industry in the UK and internationally with WS Atkins plc. Since retiring from his executive role in 2014 has worked as a non-executive director on the Boards of several organisations.
Whilst with Atkins he held a range of business leadership and corporate roles in the UK and internationally (working on projects in more than 40 countries). His last role was as Group HR Director and main board member with responsibility for 18,000 people working in Europe, the USA, Middle East, India and Hong Kong.
He currently holds a range of board positions including Severfield plc where he is senior independent director, Ramboll A/S, (a global engineering and consulting company headquartered in Copenhagen), where he chairs the Transaction Committee and sits on the Remuneration Committee, and the Remuneration Consultants Group (a member organisation responsible for stewardship of the Code of Conduct for executive remuneration consultants). He also sits on the Council of the University of Bath where he also chairs the Remuneration Committee.
Until recently, he was Vice Chair of the Port of London Authority where he chaired the Licencing and Remuneration Committees.
Executive Team
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.
Steve Hoesli
Chief Development Officer
Steve Hoesli has taken up the role of Chief Development Officer and he is leading the implementation of the two major investment programmes at the Harbour and Airport. He was previously Director of Transportation at Mott MacDonald, where he led a team of 450 people delivering projects throughout Europe in the Aviation, Maritime, Rail and Highways sectors. He has also delivered projects for the UK Ministry of Defence and the Department for Transport.
Steve 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.