New Chamber President and Vice President
New Chamber President and Vice President
The Crawley & Gatwick Chamber of Commerce are pleased to announce the new President and Vice President elected at the AGM on Wednesday 27th November 2013
Paul Roe FCCA – President
Business Services Partner – Reeves & Co LLP
Special Interest
- Professional firms
- Aviation related businesses
- Retailing and the hospitality trade
Qualifications
- Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
- BA (Honours) in History and Politics from the University of Lancaster
Specialisms
- Business tax planning
- Shareholder disputes
- Succession planning
- Share valuations
- Enterprise Management Incentive Schemes
- Inward Investment
- Clients in the retail and medical sectors inc many family owned businesses
Further Information
Paul trained with a London practice and joined Gatwick based firm, Sterling Milne, in 1986. He became a partner in 1997.
In October 2007 Sterling Milne merged with Reeves and Paul became a partner in the enlarged practice.
Personal Interests
Paul enjoys history and cooking. He also plays softball and table tennis, and likes to see how others in the world live and work.
Geoff Williamson – MIMI – CInstSMM – www.ituk.biz – Vice President
Portfolio Holder for Business, Community & Environment
Geoff Williamson has lived in Worth, Crawley for over 30 Years and has been involved in Management for over 45 Years.
He has had a diverse background within the Motor Trade including Sales, After Sales & Parts which spanned the first 30+ Years of his career. During that period he working in all types of Companies including Manufacturers, National, International, PLC’s & Limited Companies. He has held several positions including Dealer Principal designate, General Manager, Parts Director, After Sales Manager & Parts Manager subsequently running a Crawley based IT Service Company called www.ituk.biz for the last 15 Years, specializing in Virus & Spyware removal, installations of Networks & Wireless Broadband, Sales & Service.
Because most of his clients are Home Based (Retail) and Small Businesses he is constantly getting feedback from them about local issues.
Geoff also held the positions of Branch Chairman (5 years), Regional Vice Chairman (3 Years) and has held positions of Branch & Regional Vice Chairman for the last 4 Years for the Federation of Small Businesses.( www.fsb.org.uk ). He believes that we should all try to give something back to the Local Community and this is where CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) comes in. ACTION NOT WORDS. He was Chairman of the Hazelwick School Parents Association for 3 Years and a Parent Governor for 6 Years.
This background puts Geoff in a unique position where Business, Community & Environmental issues integrate very well.
In 2007 he was elected Founder President of the Gatwick Diamond Rotary Club ( www.gatwickdiamondrotary.org ), whose motto is “Service Above Self”. The club works closely with the Local Business Community raising funds for needy causes and in conjunction with Crawley Happy Times ( www.crawleyhappytimes.co.uk ) an online Newspaper has set up “Local Help Crawley” ( www.localhelpcrawley.co.uk ) to specifically help people in need in Crawley.
He is a member of several Professional organizations including the Institute of the Motor Industry (MIMI) and the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management (CInstSMM) and has in the past been a member of The Institute of Directors (MIoD) and a Member of the British Institute of Management (MInstMgt)
He is a very keen Networker and he has found that this is the best way of building long term Business Friendships.
Thanks to Geoff’s hard work our interactive website is kept up to date
Over the last 10 Years he has built up a network of contacts including local MP’s, Mayors, Councilors & Business Leaders in Surrey & Sussex. His willingness to stand for the position of President of our Chamber is proof of his commitment to the success of the Chamber.
Please feel free to contact him should you have any Business, Community or Environmental issues on 07736-552444 or email geoff@ituk.biz
Social Media ID’s: ituk Twitter – itukbiz Facebook, LinkedIn, Skype – ituk.biz Google+
For information on the rest of the committee please Click here
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