NEW MD FOR PORTVIEW

15.06.2011

After 28 years at the helm, 57-year old Alan Davison is to step down from his position as Managing Director of Portview Fit-Out Limited.

During his tenure, Alan and his co-directors built a successful reputation and an enviable commercial track record, taking the company from £3m turnover in 1983 to £23.75m turnover in 2010/11.  Hands-on and customer-facing throughout his career, Alan has been seeking to retire from the business and has now sold his shareholding to fellow directors Sean McEvoy, Paul Scullion and Simon Campbell.

Simon Campbell, who has been with Portview since 1995, latterly as Group Finance Director, takes over the reins as Managing Director with immediate effect.

An economics graduate from Bristol University, Simon completed

Midland Bank's 2-year Management Development Programme in retail after graduation, before returning to Northern Ireland where he trained with Ernst & Young. An award-winning student, at the end of the programme, Simon joined Portview Construction Ltd as Financial Controller in 1994. A decade later, he had built up a significant shareholding and spearheaded the rebranding and repositioning of the company as Portview Fit-Out Ltd.  Portview celebrated its best ever financial performance last year, with an annual turnover of almost £24m.

Commenting on Alan's retirement, Simon said: "Alan has done an excellent job over the last 28 years and I and my fellow directors have enjoyed working with

him to help develop our offering. The four of us have worked very closely together - particularly in recent years to drive a new strategic vision into all areas of the business. We wish Alan the long and happy retirement he deserves and look forward to taking Portview forward to the next stage."

As well as overseeing all financial aspects of the company's operations, Simon is also responsible for HR, IT, Health & Safety, Quality, Environmental, Business Continuity Management and the Sales and Marketing teams across the business. In 2010 he took part in the Institute of Directors Company Direction Programme and became the only person in the UK to have gained a distinction in at both Diploma and Certificate levels.

Married with three young children, Simon lives in Belfast and is a keen middle distance runner, having represented his club, university and even Northern Ireland in his mid-20s. He hopes to complete the gruelling 2-day endurance test, the Mourne Mountain Marathon, in September this year.

Editors note:

Established in 1975, Portview is a fit-out specialist that works with the UK's leading brands in the retail, leisure, banking and hotel sectors, including the Arcadia Group, Arsenal Football Club, Bank of Ireland and the Hilton Hotels.

Based in Belfast, Portview has 48 employees and reported an annual turnover of £23.75 million in the financial year 2010/2011. The company has successfully built long-term relationships with its clients, resulting in 90 per cent of its business coming from referrals, year on year.

Portview has teams covering the whole of the UK and Ireland, managing projects of all sizes, including major refurbishment and roll-out contracts. Services include design development, planning approval, technical surveys, project management, contracting and fit-out.