Councillor John Morse (Chairman)

I have served on the Marlingford and Colton Parish Council since April 2021. Now retired, I have previously worked in senior management and executive roles in the Oil & Gas and, subsequently the Offshore Renewables Sectors, having originally qualified as a geologist and marine geophysicist.

​Before moving to Colton 14 years ago, I spent a large part on my career living overseas, including an eight-year spell in Houston, Texas, and earlier periods living in Singapore and the Middle East. I transferred into the offshore renewables industry in 2005, initially based in Great Yarmouth, and most recently with my own company. It was in this latter capacity that I also served as a board member and President (Great Yarmouth) of the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce.

​Until very recently, I also supported the development of schools, by serving as a Trustee Board Member for a local primary academy trust, as well as providing employment guidance and student mentoring to a Great Yarmouth Secondary School, through the Local Enterprise Advisor scheme, operated by the LEP, and was a founder trustee of the Norwich-based University Technical College.

​I come from a rural background, having spent a great deal of my formative years on our family farm in Wiltshire. I therefore believe I am aware of many of the issues that face a non-urban setting.