{{Short description|British Business Woman}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Use British English|date=January 2018}} '''Helen Deeble''' CBE is a British businesswoman. She was the Chief Executive of P&O Ferries until December 2017, and was formerly President of the UK Chamber of Shipping.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interferry.com/deeble-elected-president-of-chamber-of-shipping/?|title=Interferry - Deeble elected President of the UKCofS|accessdate=3 July 2016}}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==Career== Mrs Deeble trained as an accountant and worked at Sears plc. She entered the shipping industry at Stena Line in 1993, becoming finance director of the merged P&O Stena Line in 1998. Since May 2006, she has been Chief Executive of P&O Ferries, succeeding Russ Peters.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Movers & shakers: Helen Deeble is to succeed Russ Peters as CEO of P&O Ferries|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/2933092/Movers-and-shakers-Helen-Deeble-is-to-succeed-Russ-Peters-as-CEO-of-PandO-Ferries.html|website = Telegraph.co.uk|accessdate = 2015-10-16|date = 2006-02-27|last = Murray|first = Rob}}</ref>
She is a board member of Interferry, the UK Chamber of Shipping and the Standard P&I Club. Deeble is a non-executive director of the Port of London Authority<ref>{{cite web|title = Organisation Structure - The Board|url = http://www.pla.co.uk/About-Us/Organisation-Structure-The-Board|publisher = Port of London Authority|accessdate = 2015-10-16}}</ref> and chairs the management committee of the Authority's pension fund. She was vice-president and president of the UK Chamber of Shipping from 2011 to 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title = UK shipping organisation pledges green focus|url = http://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/industry-news/uk-shipping-organisation-pledges-green-focus|publisher = Maritime Journal|date = 2012-04-17|accessdate = 2015-10-16}}</ref>
She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The London Gazette|url = https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/60367/supplement/7|website = www.thegazette.co.uk|accessdate = 2015-10-16|date = 2012-12-29|publisher = HM Government|series = 60367th edition|page = 7}}</ref>
==References== <references />
{{S-start}} {{S-bus}} {{Succession box|years = 2006–2017|title = CEO of P&O Ferries|before = Russ Peters|after = Incumbent}} {{S-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Deeble, Helen}} Category:Living people Category:British women chief executives Category:Port of London Category:British chief executives Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Category:Year of birth missing (living people)