Freight’s Global 100 Hilary Devey Chairman & CEO, Pall-Ex


Devey. Her appearances on such television shows as The


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Secret Millionaire, The Business Inspector(somewhat bizarrely sponsored by the HM Revenue & Customs) and, currently, Dragons Denhave made her a household name, and in that respect she has brought the freight industry into the homes of the public.


here is possibly no one else in freight – and this is a worldwide observation – who has embraced the media with quite the same appetite as Hilary


In the industry itself she was already a very


prominent figure, as one of the early promoters of the pallet network concept. She launched Pall-Ex in 1996 after periods of


employment at Tibbett and Brittan and TNT’s retail distribution business. Pall-Ex has now grown to one of the largest pallet


networks, with over 500,000sq metres of warehousing space in the UK and Europe, and she has masterminded its gradual expansion into European markets.


Steven Garton Supply Chain Director, Tesco I


t is almost impossible to ignore Tesco, given its vast supply chain and position as the number-one retailer in the UK, as well as its rapidly expanding


portfolio across the globe. Steven Garton is the company’s supply chain


director, a position he has held since 2004. He joined Tesco in 1979, progressing quickly to Store


Manager before moving to head office to lead Project Future – a major internal change programme. He then spent eight years in commercial roles before


taking up his current job. Under his leadership the company is building the


largest port-centric distribution site in the UK, the 1.8 million sq ft facility built on brownfield land at PD Ports’ Teeport. It has also made significant strides in reducing the


environmental impact of its supply chain, chiefly in the expansion of rail activities with the creation of a new rail-linked distribution facility at Daventry that is expected to cut 14 million road miles a year.


Bob Goldfield CEO, Dover Harbour Board


freight industry. For the past two years, he has found himself at the


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centre of a storm in his attempts to privatise the UK’s largest trust port, and the busiest ferry port in the world. Slammed by ferry operators (in fact, the way he has united fierce rivals P&O Ferries, SeaFrance and DFDS is


ike him or loathe him, there is no question that Dover Harbour Board boss Bob Goldfield has a central role to play in the development of the UK


an achievement in itself) who believe they have been misled on investment plans and overcharged for services, and despised by local residents who claim his plans will rip the heart out of their community, the dogged way he has continued to press for privatisation is, by itself, admirable. The November news that the government has


approved plans for a £400 million second ferry terminal might alleviate some of the acrimony, but only temporarily.


40 IFW-Lloyd’s Loading List | Freight’s Global 100 | 2012


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