Background
STEELE, John was born on February 22, 1929 in Wakefield. Son of late Harold Graham Steele and Doris (nee Hall) Steele.
STEELE, John was born on February 22, 1929 in Wakefield. Son of late Harold Graham Steele and Doris (nee Hall) Steele.
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield, Queen"s College, Oxford.
Assistant Principal, Ministry of Civil Aviation 1951-1954, Private Secretary to Parliament. Secretary 1954-1957; Principal, Road Transport Division 1957-1960, Sea Transport 1960-1962, Shipping Policy 1962-1964.
Assistant Secretary (Shipping Policy), Board of Trade 1964-1967.
Counsellor (Shipping), British Embassy, Washington 1967-1971. Assistant Secretary (Civil Aviation Division), Department, of Trade and Industry 1971-1973, Under-Secretary, Space Division 1973-1974, Shipping Policy Division 1974-1975, General Division, Department, of Trade 1975-1976, Deputy Secretary 1976-1980.
Deputy Secretary, Department, of Industry 1980-1981. Director-General, Directorate-General for Transport, Commission, of the European Communities 86.
Transport Consultant since 1986.
Chairman P & O European Transport Service since 1989. Director P & O Container Lincolnshire since 1987.
Dover Harbour Board since 1990.
Married Margaret Marie Stevens in 1956.