The New Zealand Shipping Federation has re-elected Clive Glover as president and newly elected Paul Coleman as vice president at its recent annual general meeting.
Coleman is well known and respected in the sector. He has been with Holcim 13 years, six years as engineering manager at Westport Works, then shipping manager for three years also in Westport.
Coleman took up his current role as shipping and terminals manager in Timaru when Holcim moved from a manufacturer to an import model.
From school, he spent 25 years in the Royal New Zealand Navy, leaving in 2001 then spent six years in the timber industry in Tauranga and Taupo before joining Holcim.
In the 2001 New Year’s Honours, Coleman was made a Member New Zealand Order of Merit.
