Meet the SSA UK Team

	Rodney Walker CBE BSc FRGS MIoD Rodney has been the Chief Executive Officer of the SSA UK since January 2004. At the same time he took charge of the embryo Federation of European Self Storage Associations (FEDESSA) becoming its Secretary General in March that year. He is responsible for running both organisations focusing now more on the public aspects of the jobs. He has a wealth of experience and knowledge in the self storage industry both in UK and across Europe. Rodney�s first career was in the British Army in which he served as an officer for over 35 years. He joined Abbey Storage Limited in 1999 before becoming a project officer in the parent group, Mentmore Abbey. He has served on the Council of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), he is past chairman of the Army Ornithological Society, a retired local Cheshire East councillor, and now he chairs a number of charities.
	Sue Brash Sue joined the Association in 2005 and as the Conference & Events Manager and Business Manager has responsibility for managing the Association�s ongoing business activities, compiling the quarterly Focus magazine as well as managing the delivery of the Association�s various conferences, trade shows, training courses and other events. Sue studied at Derby University and her working career developed as a PA and Office Manager in both the finance and construction industries.
	Jane Massey Jane joined the SSA UK in 2005 as the Association�s Secretary and has responsibility for the day to day running of the office. Her primary responsibilities include managing the accounts for the Association as well as the enrolment of new members, their day to day enquiries and assisting in the arrangement of the Association�s conferences, trade shows and events. Jane has nearly 40 years business experience which included time working at Boots� Head Office in Nottingham and more than five years in NHS administration � assisting on projects such as the development of the Queens Medical Centre. Jane is also a qualified paralegal and spent more than 14 years working in domestic conveyancing, trust and probate work as well as time as a PA to the Finance Director and International Sales Team for Moorcroft, the Stoke based pottery firm.
	Mary Goode Mary Goode joined the Association in Sept 2011 as the Project and Communications Manager. After Graduating from the University of Wales, Cardiff with a degree in Applied Psychology, Mary worked for many years in the defence and training industries where she was responsible for a wide variety of projects, ensuring that the design of systems was driven by the end-user requirements. More recently, whilst managing the demands of rearing four young children, she has worked on a part-time, consultancy basis. This has included working for BUPA, where she was responsible for developing an implementation strategy to enable the introduction of flexible working options into the organisation without risk to the business, and the MoD, where she was involved in research examining the potential contribution that the use of networked simulators for collective training could make to future UK military capability.

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