Thursday, 20 May 2021, 4:45 pm
The Port has unnecessarily lost an internationally
experienced and senior leader and I am ashamed to see that
we still have parts of society who think scoring a scalp is
good for Auckland.
This resignation is not about the
Supply Chain, Health and Safety or modernisation. It is
about political and union bullying.
It’s about
people who expect their own people to be respected, listened
to and fairly treated but have not reciprocated. They have
failed in the delivery of empathy and wellbeing for one of
their own.
Tony Gibson is standing aside in order to
Persistent and personal attacks : Ports of Auckland CEO steps down
(Photo / Mark Mitchell) Thu, 20 May 2021, 4:36PM
Ports of Auckland CEO Tony Gibson has announced he will step down at the end of next month.
He says it s been a difficult decision but over recent months there have been persistent and sometimes personal attacks on him.
Tony Gibson says he feels it is damaging to the company and the great people he works with.
He says for the sake of their people and the good work they do, he s leaving.
Deputy CEO and CFO Wayne Thompson will be Interim CEO until a new CEO is appointed.
Gibson said he had experienced persistent and sometimes personal attacks, damaging the company in the process.
Beleagured Ports of Auckland chief executive Tony Gibson will step down at the end of June, following a period of port health and safety failings and congestion issues.
The Maritime
Press Release – Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union says the resignation of Tony Gibson as CEO of Ports of Auckland Limited is the right outcome.
Maritime Union of New Zealand National Secretary Mr Harrison says from the point of view of union members at the Ports, Mr Gibson’s reign had been negative.
As CEO Mr Gibson had engaged in an anti-union agenda, had failed to provide a safe workplace, and was responsible for an automation project that was now years behind schedule.
No other port in New Zealand had seen such problems, he says.
Mr Harrison says the Maritime Union was prepared to work with new management and hoped new management would have a more modern, consensus based approach.
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