Meet the Team

Our dedicated and skilled team work from our Harbour Office in Itchenor and the Education Centre in Dell Quay to help support, enhance and protect this very special area.

Our Harbour Team are responsible for the safe operation of the water, and undertake patrols, maintain all moorings and keep the infrastructure of the Harbour, including the jetties, pontoons and navigation marks, functioning.

Our Rangers are out and about in the National Landscape undertaking a range of practical tasks including countryside management, maintaining and improving public access and working with volunteers. They also lead weekly conservation work parties with Friends of Chichester Harbour vounteers and respond to urgent tasks, such as fallen trees and storm damage.  

Some of the Conservancy team with presenters from BBC Countryfile, who visited the Harbour in 2020

Chichester Harbour Conservancy

CEO – Matt Briers CBE
Executive Officer – Pasha Delahunty

Communications and HR Manager – Nicky Simmons

Harbour Team

Harbour Master – Jo Cox
Deputy Harbour Master (Health and Safety Manager) – Adrian Karn
Moorings Officers – Jeff Riley
Lead Technician – Sam Perrin
Harbour Technician – Brendon McCallum
Harbour Technician – Sean Lord
Lead Patrol Officer – Ludo Munn
Seasonal Patrol Officers
Hard Assistants – Hugo Woodruff, Ed Sweet

National Landscape Team

National Landscape Director – Richard Austin

National Landscape Operations Manager – Ross Jones
Ecologist – Peter Hughes
CHaPRoN Manager – Sarah Chatfield
Principal Planning Officers – Steve Lawrence & Linda Park
Project Manager – Lily Whitaker
Communications and Engagement Officer – Kate L’Amie

Education Manager – Jane Latawski
Education Officers – Helen Winter & Suzanna Troy
Team Teachers – Gil Gladwin, Susan Ogilvy, Nicholas Robinson, Fiona Sayce, Mary Watson and Tim Willway


Lead Ranger – Rosie Ellis
Ranger – Jack Shepherd
Farming Officer – Steven Pick
FiPL Admin Officer – Michelle Rossiter

Solar Heritage Skippers – Graeme Bissett, Mark Bray, John Searle and Chris Harvey
Solar Heritage Crew – Ian Atkinson, Andrew Annable, Ric Dukoff-Gordon, Mike Watkins, Paul Truscott, Michael Lewis, Mark Taylor and Judi Darley

Finance Team

Finance Manager – Mel Belderson
Finance Officer – Gina Simpson
Admin Support Officer – Jenny Hinton
Receptionist – Gill Turner

To contact any member of the team please call 01243 512301 or email info@conservancy.co.uk.