
Gavin W. Roser
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Gavin Roser is the Managing Director of Pantrak
Transportation Limited – a project management & consultancy
firm dealing with all aspects marine transport, rail and
road freight on a Pan European basis. He is also Chairman & Co
Founder of the Coastlink Shipping Network and a Director
of TruckTrain Knowhow
Ltd a joint venture developing new rail solutions for the
carriage of freight. Partner with nine European Universities
in the Northern
Maritime University a 3 year European Interreg 1VB programme.
Responsible for Executive module – training maritime business
leaders 2020. From 2010 until May 2017 Gavin was Secretary
General of the European
Freight and Logistics Leaders Forum,
a Brussels-based members forum and think-tank. He now operates
under the new
title of Ambassador at Large and continues to support the
forum and focus on News Hour interviews with politicians
and business leaders involved with the global supply chain.
Please
see this link for interviews.
Previous Board appointments with the Denholm
Shipping Group of Companies & Chairman
of a joint venture in the Falklands. Overseas assignments
in Iran and New Zealand the latter involving the privatisation
of the National
Shipping Line. Management of European Rail business (CP
Ships) and General Management positions with subsidiary
of the BAA (subsequently acquired by Securicor). Former
Vice Consul for Norway
in
Glasgow.
Extensive speaking engagements at European Transport Forums.
Gavin Roser was appointed as a member of the Tayside and
Central Scotland Transport Partnership (Tactran)
by the Scottish
Transport Minister in March 2007 - www.tactran.gov.uk.
Position:
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Company Director
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Year of birth:
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1946
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Nationality:
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British
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Language:
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English – mother tongue
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Qualifications:
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- Chartered Fellow of Institute of Personnel Development {FCIPD}
- Certificate
in Nautical studies – School of Navigation
Glasgow
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Appointments
2002 – present
Managing Director
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Pantrak Transportation Limited
www.pantrak.com
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2013 – present
Chairman
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Coastlink Network
Ltd
www.coastlink.co.uk
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2004 – 2013
Deputy Chairman
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(apt June 2010)
Secretary General
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European Freight Leaders & Logistics
Forum Brussels
www.europeanfreightleaders.eu
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2004 – present
Management Committee Member |
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1999-2002
Director
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Railfreight Group
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1999 – 2001
General Manager
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CP Ships (Contship Overland)
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Management Committee Member
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Contship Container Lines
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1991 – 1999
General Manager
Europe / Quality
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Securicor / Scottish Express
(BAA)
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1974 – 1991
Managing Director
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Denholm Group
Agency Division
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Vice President
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US operation
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Marketing Director
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Ship Management Division.
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Advisor to New Zealand Government
on the privatisation of the National Shipping Line.
Advisor to National Shipping Line of Iran on ship management & HR
planning {2 years}.
Chairman of JV in the Falklands – development of the fishery and maritime
support.
7 years in manufacturing with Polaroid & Sybron Corporation.
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Selected Projects - Pantrak
- Welsh Assembly Govt: Short sea study.
- Scottish Government: 2009 Ferry
review - focus on freight aspects.
- Babcock Rosyth: Major
container port development Scotland – NPF
project.
- Argyll & Bute Council: Scoping project for extending
marine facilities to handle timber.
- InterTradeIreland:
stakeholder interviews that contributed to Freight Transport
Report for the Island economy
2020.
- Scottish Executive: Stakeholder interviews
that contributed to Freight Action Plan.
- Freight Leaders:
Chairman 11 country working group to determine location
of intermodal hubs in Europe
2015.
- Orkney: Chaired Transport Conference inter
island ferries.
- Scottish Enterprise Fife: Economic
Impact and Land- Bridge studies in the context of the
RoRo service from Rosyth to Zeebrugge.
- Perth & Kinross
Council: Port of Perth scoping study for
developing the port.
- Coastlink Network: “Dublin Declaration” on
modal change, congestion and expansion of maritime services.
- Geest
North Sea Line Rotterdam: {now Samskip} UK coastal feeder
project to determine
scope for expanding services.
Northern Maritime University
Module J: Cruise shipping - Operations, management, strategies
Task 3.5
Developing executive module elements
Responsible: L-UAS,
Pantrak and partners: Executive Module Elements – Maritime Business 2020 – Pantrak
- Can you take the lead?
- Shipping industry and globalisation (TRI) - Concentration (horizontal/vertical),
changes in trade.
- Environment 2020 (IVL) - Upcoming legislation,
air and water environmental problems.
- Communication and
Information Management (L-UAS).
- Human Factors 2020 (SDU)
- Health and safety, intercultural issues, technical
Innovation.
- Ship Lifecycles Management 2020 (Br-UAS) - Building,
Scrapping, Brokering.
- Logistics Challenges 2020
(Molde/GU).
- Ship design - Technical innovation (Jacobs).
Task 6.6 Integrated career path development for young people
and the CPD potential of transnational modular education offerings
Responsible: Jacobs, Partners: Pantrak, UHH, all partners
- Mapping educational concepts and their complementarily with current
industry practice and lifestyles.
- Conceptualization of
content aiming at the development of soft skills and
competences which will facilitate career change for seafarers
and shore-based personnel.
- Career path development,
soft skills (based on TNA e.g. leadership, team building,
motivation, decision making), hard
skills (based on TNA e.g. Shipping Management, Strategic
Management, Logistics, Port Management), environmental
awareness, cultural awareness and cultural diversity management, ICT
skills.
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Audrey Macnab
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Audrey
enjoyed working at the forefront of the "dotcom" era in
a leading B2B which attracted massive investment in its pursuit
of enabling small and medium sized enterprises to trade efficiently
with each other. She headed up the Customer Care function
for the company, ensuring prompt and knowledgeable service for clients
across Europe and the US while developing a variety of market-facing
reports and statistics for the Board.
Audrey also
worked in a Consultancy capacity for a small strategy firm
based in London whose clients included several major investment
banks.
After graduating
from the University of St Andrews in Scotland and attending the
Richard Ivey School in Business in Ontario, Canada, Audrey joined
retailer Asda's graduate training scheme and was successful in her
role as Provisions Manager in several stores across the UK.
Now busy
with much "behind the scenes" in Pantrak, Audrey is thoroughly
enjoying the world of Transport, Freight and Logistics. She also
runs the Secretariat for the European
Freight and Logistics Leaders Forum. |