The Falmouth Harbour Team
Use the links at the bottom of this page to see our Board members and members of our Harbour Users Group (HUG).
Miles Carden
CEO
Miles joined Falmouth Harbour as CEO in 2021. Miles’ background before joining FH includes; property, economic development, marketing, trade and investment and the aviation, aerospace and space industries. Miles lives locally in St Mawes and has over 40 years of sailing experience in the port. As Chief Executive, Miles is a member of the Board and is responsible for the sustainable growth of Falmouth Harbour, management and development of the Organisation.
Ifor Pedley
Harbour Master
Ifor stepped up as Harbour Master in August 2024 after previously serving as both Deputy and Assistant Harbour Master (Operations) and on the Pilot Boats. In his role, Ifor has responsibility for the Pilotage Service and port marine safety. Ifor has a background in Operations Management and has a Masters Degree in Business. Ifor obtained his UK Harbour Master Certificate in 2023. A keen yachtsman, Ifor has competed in international sailing events and lives aboard his trawler yacht in Falmouth.
Tristan Rowe
Head of Commercial Operations
Tristan is a keen harbour leisure user with lifelong sailing and watersports credentials, Tristan also spent the last 20 years of his career working on the after-sales and commercial operations of Cockwells Boatbuilding, Pendennis Shipyard and MacGregor Yachts International.
Tristan was appointed Head of Commercial Operations in August 2024 and his focus will be on longer term growth for Falmouth Harbour, to generate new, profitable, innovative business streams. In addition to this important role he is tasked with improving customer services and the wider range of harbour services.
Angela Harvey
Head of Finance
Angela joined Falmouth Harbour in 2025. As our Strategic Head of Finance and a qualified Chartered Accountant, Angela brings extensive experience, across financial leadership, financial strategies, business transformation, and performance. Angela has a recognised track record for strengthening financial controls, improving reporting transparency, and aligning finance with broader organisational strategy. She is a trusted adviser to senior leadership and a people focused leader dedicated to developing teams and delivering sustainable, long-term value.
Rachel Squibb
Finance Manager
Rachel Squibb is an FCCA qualified accountant with over two decades of experience in finance, audit, and statutory reporting across public and private sectors. Outside of work, she lives with her family in Helston and enjoys an active lifestyle, completing over 100 local park runs with her eldest daughter and exploring Cornwall’s coastal paths. A passionate music lover, Rachel loves performing and listening to live music and recently fulfilled an ambition by performing at the Minack Theatre.
Emma-Jane Wood
Head of People & Corporate Services
Emma-Jane joined Falmouth Harbour in 2025, bringing with her a broad range of experience across senior leadership, people, and organisational development. Her career includes roles as Chief of Staff, Head of Apprenticeships, and senior HR and operations management positions across a variety of sectors.
In her current role, Emma-Jane leads all people, governance, and corporate services activities across Falmouth Harbour. Originally from Kent, she has called Cornwall home for over two decades. Outside of work, Emma-Jane enjoys spending time with her family and making the most of sunny holidays.
Vicki Spooner
Environment and Quality Systems Manager
Vicki is the Environment and Quality Systems Manager at Falmouth Harbour, responsible for developing, implementing and managing the organisation’s sustainability plan, integrated management system, and FaBTest site. She is a Chartered Environmentalist with over 20 years’ experience in marine construction and maritime. Vicki holds a master’s degree in environmental business management and is an active full member of the Institute for Sustainability and Environmental Professionals currently sitting on the Biodiversity and Natural Capital steering group. She is motivated to continuously develop ideas and work collaboratively with colleagues and wider stakeholders to find solutions and opportunities to lead and advocate for change to make a positive impact on the environment and communities.
Ben Borne
Deputy Harbour Master
Ben is a qualified Master Mariner that spent 13 years at sea, working primarily with the British Antarctic Survey and on super yachts. He joined Falmouth Harbour in April 2025, with a focus on commercial shipping operations. Ben grew up in Falmouth and is very happy to be permanently based here again, after spending a long time away with work and travel. Ben is a keen snowboarder; in 2022 he spent 12 weeks in Canada obtaining his snowboard instructor licence.
Tim Jones
Assistant Harbour Master (Conservancy)
Tim joined Falmouth Harbour in 2019 and became Assistant Harbour Master in March 2021. He is responsible for leading Falmouth Harbour’s Conservancy and Maintenance functions. His role covers the day-to-day management of harbour operations, infrastructure and mooring maintenance, survey programmes, staff training, risk assessments and emergency preparedness, ensuring the harbour meets its statutory conservancy duties.
Before joining Falmouth Harbour, Tim worked extensively at sea, serving as First Mate and Relief Captain on large sailing boats operating from the Arctic to the Adriatic, and previously as an RYA Yachtmaster Instructor and charter skipper. A lifelong sailor, he now cruises a Westerly Fulmar with his family. Outside work is also a keen skier and can often be found exploring the coast and countryside in all-weather with his spaniel.
Tom Redgrave
Marine Manager
Tom holds over 15 years’ experience in commercial shipping and the operation and management of work boats. He is responsible for day to day pilot boat operations and acts as a first point of contact for commercial stakeholders. Tom is also a keen yacht racer and has competed with success at large regattas throughout the UK, Europe and the Caribbean. Tom is a graduate of the University of Exeter.
Elise Vooght
Harbour Officer
Elise's role as Harbour Officer is to assist with a broad range of day-to-day tasks to support the team, including providing an on-water presence to promote safe use of the harbour.
Barry Buist
IT and Facilities Manager
Barry has worked for the organisation since 2001 and has held a variety of roles including several years as General Manager of Falmouth Haven. He studied Business & Finance at Plymouth University and is responsible for the safe running of all the Harbour land facilities and I.T. systems in his current role. Barry is a keen kayaker, mountain biker and badminton player in his spare time.
Kathryn Smith
Executive Support
Having lived in the Midlands all her life, Kathryn has recently relocated to Falmouth with her Cornish husband. Kathryn has extensive PA/Executive Support experience and is enjoying her role working with the CEO and the Board at Falmouth Harbour.
Sue Cocks
Leisure Coordinator
As Leisure Team Coordinator, Sue provides a critical role in keeping Falmouth Harbour’s Leisure Team running efficiently and safely and supports our required high levels of customer service. Boating is a big part of Sue’s family history. Her father, grandfather and uncle were oystermen plying their trade in the Fal, making Sue the third generation of Falmouth Working Boat sailors. Sue and her husband occasionally take to the water in their boat, catching some rays of sunshine and the occasional fish.
David Chaundy
Marine Hub Manager
David oversees our Marine Hub & slipway operations, for annual customers, business tenants and visitors, alike. David has always had an interest in boats and being out on the water and has enjoyed ten consecutive years sailing at Cowes Regatta on The Isle of Wight, not only racing, but managing invited clients, ensuring they had a safe day sailing, and a fun time out on the water. When not at work David loves to be out on the mountain bike trails, or cruising around the lanes of Cornwall on his motorcycle.
Daisy Gould
Trainee Duty Manager
Daisy’s role is to welcome customers to the harbour and assist with any requirements they may have. Daisy’s love of the sea at an early age led to a degree in Marine and Natural History Photography. Daisy is a keen scuba diver and she has travelled and worked as part of a turtle and shark research team around Bali. Daisy enjoys hiking around the local coastline, enjoying the natural environment and photographing Cornwall.
Charlie Whelan
Moorings Officer
Charlie looks after the customer facing side of Falmouth Harbour’s moorings. His day-to-day tasks include fitting boats to moorings, ensuring boats have the most suitable strops, and helping as many people as possible to enjoy their boats! Charlie’s professional background is mostly in sailing small boats, his previous roles have involved managing sailing centres in the UK and abroad as well as coaching sailors on British pathway programmes. In his free time, he can be found in and around the water on boats, boards, and beaches!
Karen George
Marine Assistant
Karen is responsible for welcoming visitors to their beautiful sea, country, or town view berth or mooring at Falmouth Haven Marina. Also familiarises the visitors with our guest information, facilities and passes on local knowledge of what Falmouth has to offer. Karen assists and supports other members of the Falmouth Harbour team with the smooth running of the marina and outposts.
Born in Falmouth Karen grew up in the area, rowing and fishing as a child in the family boat and punt. Outside of work interests include walking, gym, gardening, and socialising with friends.
Maintenance Team
The Maintenance Team, led by Jono Elliss (Maintenance Supervisor) alongside Matt Hooper and Tim Jackson, delivers the essential day-to-day maintenance that keeps Falmouth Harbour operating safely, efficiently, and to a consistently high standard. Working year-round on the water and across the harbour, the team maintains more than 600 moorings, all navigational aids, pontoons, quays, buildings, and the harbour workboat fleet.
A major part of their work is the comprehensive winter servicing of the entire mooring field, including the removal, cleaning, inspection, and refitting of strops ready for returning summer mooring holders. You may often see the team out on Aberfal, our dedicated moorings vessel, undertaking this work and supporting wider harbour operations. This seasonal programme is complemented by summer navigation buoy and beacon inspections, vessel servicing, reactive repairs, and maintaining readiness for emergency and pollution-response tasks.
Together, they ensure the harbour’s infrastructure remains safe, resilient, and ready for all users. The team works closely with Tim Jones, Assistant Harbour Master (Conservancy and Maintenance), to deliver planned and reactive maintenance programmes in line with Falmouth Harbour’s statutory duties and operational commitments. Their professionalism, skill, and dedication form a core part of maintaining a safe and well-managed harbour.
Jono Elliss
Maintenance Supervisor
Jono brings more than four decades of maritime experience to the role, having worked across a wide range of vessels from commercial fishing boats to offshore dive-support ships. He spent 15 years as an Assistant Deck Foreman on a North Sea saturation-diving support vessel, gaining extensive offshore operational and safety experience. With over 30 years in mooring maintenance, Jono is highly skilled in the inspection, servicing, and management of complex mooring systems. He joined Falmouth Harbour in 2019 and now leads the Maintenance Team, overseeing the day-to-day upkeep of the harbour’s infrastructure and supporting wider marine operations. Outside of work, Jono runs a six-acre smallholding and enjoys the practical, hands-on lifestyle it brings.
Matt Hooper
Maintenance Operative
Matt joined Falmouth Harbour following three years of study at Falmouth Marine School, where he trained in boatbuilding and marine engineering. Before joining the team, he supervised a large hire-boat fleet and worked in customer-facing patrol roles on Gillan Creek and the Helford River, giving him a strong grounding in both vessel management and public engagement. Growing up in Falmouth, Matt is proud to now work on the waters he knows so well. He is also a keen scuba diver and enjoys exploring the coastline above and below the surface.
