Chair & Council
The BPA Council is made up of representatives of the Association’s members. It meets four times a year and help set the direction and policy of the BPA’s work programme.
The BPA Chair is Neil Glendinning, Chief Executive at Harwich Haven Authority

Neil is supported by:
- Mike Sellers, Portsmouth International – Deputy Chair
- Maurice Bullick, Belfast Harbour – Treasurer
- Eileen Salmon – Association Secretary
BPA’s 18 Council Members as elected for a two year period at the Association AGM on 12 August 2020 are:
- Bob Sanguinetti, Port of Aberdeen
- Andrew Harston, Associated British Ports
- Joe O’Neill, Belfast Harbour Commissioners
- Kevin Hobbs, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
- Doug Bannister, Port of Dover
- Tom Sawyer, Port of Milford Haven
- Jim Stewart, Poole Harbour Commissioners
- Miles Carden, Falmouth Harbour Commissioners
- Sinclair Browne, Port of Inverness
- Julie Tankard, Port of London Authority
- Sara Bassett, Shoreham Port
- Martin Lawlor Port of Blyth
- David Sawkins, Orkney Islands Council Harbours
- Bill Reeves, Portland Port
- Ashley Nicholson, Port of Tyne
- Rob Parsons, Torbay Borough Council
- Elsabe White, Port of Lancaster