Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers director Julie Lithgow OBE has stepped down after nine years heading up the organisation.
Lithgow, who has been an energetic and assertive leader of the Institute, said her time at the ICS had been a "fantastic experience".
"In this time I have been able to meet members and students across the globe, and work on projects that span the prevention of illegal wildlife trafficking to the promotion of gender equality within our sector," she said.
