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Maggs to head Welsh freeport bid

[ November 10, 2022   //   ]

The Celtic Freeport consortium has appointed Roger Maggs as its chair. The consortium partners – Associated British Ports, Neath Port Talbot Council, Pembrokeshire County Council and the Port of Milford Haven – aim to create a green investment corridor covering the ports of Milford Haven and Port Talbot to boost clean energy developments, fuel terminals, a power station, heavy engineering and the steel industry across south-west Wales.

The bid will be summited on 24 November and the Welsh Government will announce the winner in early spring 2023.  

Roger Maggs MBE, who grew up in Carmarthenshire, has had a 27-year career at Alcan Aluminium, with a number of global senior postings, including three vice presidencies at headquarters in Montreal and in 1994 co-founded venture capital fund Celtic House. Most recently, he has been chair of the Port Talbot Waterfront Enterprise Zone and chair of the Canadian public technology company Sandvine as well as co-chair of the International Convention Centre Wales. 

He said: “With a freeport, we can secure first-mover advantage for Wales, which will create a green industry with a substantial number of new manufacturing jobs.  The development proposed at the ports of Pembroke Dock and Port Talbot will embed this industry locally to create a renewable energy legacy, which has genuine global export potential.”

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