{"id":90060,"date":"2018-03-16T11:48:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T11:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=77ce781a1636586bf04d58a1c3d4e613"},"modified":"2018-03-16T11:48:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T11:48:53","slug":"press-release-ceo-sir-alan-massey-retiring-after-four-decade-maritime-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=90060","title":{"rendered":"Press release: CEO Sir Alan Massey retiring after four-decade maritime career"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Sir Alan joined the MCA in July 2010 after a 33-year career with the Royal Navy, where he left as Second Sea Lord.<\/p>\n<p>During his eight-year tenure, Sir Alan has successfully steered the MCA through changes to modernise Her Majesty\u2019s Coastguard, new arrangements for the UK\u2019s search and rescue helicopter capability, a transformed survey and inspection capability and a more commercially-responsive approach to how the UK Ship Register operates. Sir Alan will continue his role until late 2018, to allow the appointment process for a successor to take place.<\/p>\n<p>Bernadette Kelly, Permanent Secretary of the Department of Transport said:  \u201cI want to thank Sir Alan for his leadership of the MCA and his tireless commitment to improving safety at sea for all and supporting the UK\u2019s maritime interests.  I know that he will continue to make an exemplary contribution to the MCA and its ambitious plans until he leaves his post later this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sir Alan said: \u201cIt has been an immense privilege to work for the MCA and serve the public. I am extremely proud of what we have achieved. Whilst this has been a difficult decision for me to make, I feel that now is the right time for a new Chief Executive to bring a fresh perspective, new ideas and initiatives to the Agency. I\u2019m confident that the MCA will continue to successfully deliver its objectives under new leadership.  I will continue to lead the MCA with my full commitment and energy until my successor is found and is ready to take over towards the end of this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Transport will launch a competition to recruit a new Chief Executive on Monday 19 March.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After eight years at the helm, the Chief Executive of the Maritime &amp; Coastguard Agency (MCA) Sir Alan Massey has announced his intention of retiring from the role towards the end of 2018 and is looking forward to taking on new challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90060"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}