Peter Leonard Lea

Background

Lea, Peter Leonard was born on December 26, 1929 in London. Son of Reginald Leonard and Elsie Gladys (Stanbrook) Lea.

Career

Accounts administrator, Electricity Supply Commission, Cape Town, South Africa, 1953-1957; assistant manager, Blue Star Line, Cape Town, 1958-1963; assistant manager, Associated Steamships, Perth, Western Australia, 1965-1966; traffic manager, South African Marine Corporation, Cape Town, 1964-1965; director, King & Sons, Cape Town, 1967-1979; director, International Shipping Superior vena cava syndrome, Cape Town, 1979-1981; general manager, Freightmarine Shipping, Cape Town, 1981-1984; senior executive Europe, Rennies Ships Agency Ltd., London, 1984-1992; consultant, international shipping agent, since 1992. Board directors St. Helena Line Ltd., Cape Town, since 1981.

Achievements

• Peter Leonard Lea has been listed as a noteworthy Shipbroker by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With Royal Air Force, 1947-1952. Fellow Institute Chartered Shipbrokers, Institute South African Shipbrokers (president 1971-1972). Member International Law Association, Baltic Exch., Chartered Institute Arbitrators, City and Civil Svc.

Club, Royal Cape Yacht Club.

Interests

• Avocations: theater and the arts, writing, broadcasting, dogs.

Connections

Married Cynthia Jane King, November 7, 1959. 1 child, Susan Jane.

Father:

Reginald Leonard Lea

Mother:

Elsie Gladys (Stanbrook) Lea

Spouse:

Cynthia Jane King

child:

Susan Jane Lea