Southampton: Trimline makes key appointments to new board of directors

Marine interiors specialist Trimline has appointed Carol Marlow and Nigel Scarfe as non-executive directors. The duo joins the newly-created board of directors which is charged with the growth and expansion of the business.

Marlow spent 16 years at Carnival UK, latterly as UK managing director for Princess Cruises. She was president of Cunard Line, and then managing director of P&O Cruises, where she was responsible for the profitable development of this leading British premium-cruise brand.

She has significant experience in the luxury and premium travel and hospitality sectors and has a proven track record of building successful brands. She now has a range of advisory and mentor roles, working with organisations such as The Aspire Foundation and is a trustee of the Royal Museums Greenwich.

Scarfe was formerly managing director of Discovery Yachts, one of the UK’s leading luxury yacht builders. He has significant experience as a board-level business leader and mentor helping to grow and develop businesses – through consultancy and training, increasing sales and profitability and the implementation of good HR strategies.

Commenting on her appointment, Marlow said: "As a previous satisfied customer, I'm delighted to join the Trimline board. I look forward to assisting with the strategic growth of the company, as the Trimline team works to optimise the long-term asset management of its customers' brands, through quality refits and ongoing service support contracts."

Scarfe added: “I am pleased to be joining the board of Trimline at this exciting time – to work with the board and management teams to improve our customer experience and to successfully achieve the ambitious growth plans.”

Marlow and Scarfe will join Trimline’s chairman Gary Oliver; sales and marketing director Mike Oliver; CEO Andrew Richards; and CFO Michael Colebourn on the newly-formed board of directors. The board will oversee the business, reviewing the strategy and management teams and driving further growth and expansion.

Oliver said: “We are very fortunate to have Carol and Nigel join us as non-executive directors. They bring a wealth of business and industry knowledge and experience to Trimline and we are very much looking forward to working with them to focus the business for further expansion and development.

“We are experiencing significant growth in our business and have recently completed our largest project to date, the £13 million transformation of Spirit of Tasmania I and II, and the adoption of this new corporate structure will provide us with all the necessary tools and experience to drive this growth further and take the business to the next level.”