Stuart Hedges - Director
Stuart, and his co-director Richard, own and run FPH’s parent company Solent Rib Charters Ltd (Commercial Rib Charter). Stuart takes a keen interest in the operational side of the business and has been involved with FPH since we started hiring pontoons in 2010. Operating as a division of Europe’s largest Rib charter company has made a significant contribution to FPH’s ‘on water’ expertise and provides a pool of highly qualified marine staff.
Richard Ward - Director
Richard and his co-director Stuart own and run FPH’s parent company Solent Rib Charters Ltd (Commercial Rib Charter). Richard looks after the finance side of the business as well as overseeing the sales and marketing. Richard is delighted that in just over a decade, FPH is a market leading UK pontoon hire operator, a fantastic growth record made possible by leveraging the infrastructure, expertise and resources of the parent company.
Dan Ammonds - FPH Manager
Dan transferred from the parent company (which he first joined in 2008 as a placement student) to run the FPH division in 2014. Dan has built a strong and stable team whose depth of experience, drive and determination have grown the division exponentially to give FPH a market leading position with an excellent portfolio of loyal customers. Outside work Dan is mad about sport and spends his time doing DIY (when parenting allows).
Luke Coxall - Operations Manager
Luke joined FPH's office team having been a longstanding and well respected Team Leader on site. His background is working on corporate and private events so he has a keen eye for detail. With boundless energy and a ‘glass half full’ take on life, Luke makes every job go well which is the feedback we receive without fail. Luke enjoys DIY and anything outdoors, particularly snowboarding and water sports.
Damian (Blue Steel) Gillett - Crew Leader - Ops Manager
Damian worked as a crane engineer on commercial shipyards in South Africa for four years before coming to the UK in 2017. Damian has worked with us since the day he landed in the UK and we trust him to make things happen. Damian has a wealth of experience in various trades and is no stranger to hard work! Damian likes football, rugby and billtong.
Chris Warburton - Crew Leader
Chris’s background is in land and water-based vehicle delivery. After many years working in America, he has now settled back in the UK but with a pronounced 'mid Atlantic' accent. He is one of the longest serving members of the team and has a huge amount of experience, knowledge and ability, having worked on almost every conceivable pontoon installation. Chris likes motorsport and water sports and has his very own flock of sheep!
Harry Tillett - Crew Leader
Along with Murray, Harry is the newest addition to the FPH team having joined in March 2022. Having worked for FPH on a freelance basis Harry has scribbled on the dotted line and can now be found installing pontoons around the length and breadth of the country.
Murray Dean - Crew Leader
Murray joined us in March 22 at the same time as Harry having impressed with his can do attitude as a freelancer. Along with Damian, Chris and Harry, Murray is the man you're most likely to see in one of our vehciles or getting his hands dirty onsite wherever he's needed nationwide.
James Nicholls - Crew - skipper
James is our go to man when our projects need a safety or work boat skipper. Not only does he hold his RYA Safety boat tickets he’s also an RYA accredited powerboat instructor. Even in his spare time James can usually be found on the water sailing or windsurfing.
Christian Grose - Digital Manager
Christian is our in-house tech guru. The majority of his day is spent surrounded by computers and tablets, he's responsible for the smooth running of our websites, social media sites and a host of computer programs. Christian is also our outdoors enthusiast; no weather conditions will stop him from windsurfing or rock climbing.
Gemma Hackney - Admin & HR Manager
Gemma manages crewing for our installations running our databases for freelance staff, maintaining qualification and training records, dealing with payroll and managing HR responsibilities. We always run jobs with our own full-time staff but can have up to twenty trusted freelance staff working in the peak of the season. Gemma also has responsibility for managing ‘Nama’, our client liaison officer.
Nama Hackney - Client Liaison Officer
Nama is our client liaison officer responsible for client relations. Nama has significant expertise in the particularly important job of making visitors feel welcome.