Derrick Potter named UKWA National Chairman
At the United Kingdom Warehousing Association's (UKWA) recent Annual General Meeting, Derrick Potter was announced UKWA National Chairman for 2007-08.Derrick is founder and executive chairman of The Potter Group and started the company as a one-man enterprise in Yorkshire in 1965. Today the business employs close to 250 staff and operates five distribution centres offering more than 1.6m square feet of covered warehousing space.
As well as having steered the Potter Group from its earliest days to become one of the most respected companies in the third party logistics industry, Derrick is a director of the Rail Freight Association, a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Transport Administration and a member of the Advisory Forum of the University of Hull Logistics Institute.
Derrick Potter has been actively involved with the United Kingdom Warehousing Association for a number of years and, last year, served as the association's vice chairman. He succeeds Charles Watt, managing director and principal shareholder of Lowestoft-based Store-It-All.
Derrick Potter commented: "The role of any trade association is to represent the views of its membership, protect their interests and take a lead in developing best practice. In my view it is the latter objective that will ensure the long term prosperity of UKWA and I am keen to add to the steps we have taken so far to improve professional standards in our industry. I very much look forward to continuing the excellent work of my predecessors and, indeed, to making a lasting contribution to UKWA and its members."
Founded in 1944, UKWA has over 600 members providing storage and third party logistics services, and represents the industry to both commerce and government. www.ukwa.org.uk
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