Trimline, the marine interiors specialist, has appointed Carol Marlow and Nigel Scarfe as non-executive directors. The duo will join the newly created Board of Directors who will be charged with the growth and expansion of the business.

Carol Marlow spent 16 years at Carnival UK, latterly as UK Managing Director for Princess Cruises, President of Cunard Line and then as Managing Director of P&O Cruises, where she was responsible for the profitable development of this leading British premium cruise brand. Carol has significant experience in the luxury and premium travel and hospitality sectors and has a proven track record of building successful brands. She now has a range of advisory and mentor roles, working with organisations such as The Aspire Foundation and is a Trustee of the Royal Museums Greenwich.

Nigel Scarfe was formerly Managing Director of Discovery Yachts Limited, one of the UK’s leading luxury yacht builders. Nigel has significant experience as a Board level business leader and mentor helping to grow and develop businesses, through consultancy and training, increasing sales and profitability and the implementation of good HR strategies.

Commenting on her appointment, Carol said: "As a previous satisfied customer, I'm delighted to join the Trimline Board. I look forward to assisting with the strategic growth of the company, as the Trimline team works to optimise the long-term asset management of their customers' brands, through quality refits and ongoing service support contracts."

Nigel added: “I am pleased to be joining the Board of Trimline at this exciting time to work with the Board and management teams to improve our customer experience and to successfully achieve the ambitious growth plans.”

Carol and Nigel will join Trimline’s Chairman, Gary Oliver, Sales and Marketing Director, Mike Oliver, Andrew Richards, CEO and Michael Colebourn, Chief Financial Officer on the newly formed Board of Directors. The Board will oversee the business, reviewing the strategy and management teams and driving further growth and expansion.

Gary Oliver, Chairman at Trimline said: “We are very fortunate to have Carol and Nigel join us as non-executive directors. They bring a wealth of business and industry knowledge and experience to Trimline and we are very much looking forward to working with them to focus the business for further expansion and development.

“We are experiencing significant growth in our business and have recently completed our largest project-to-date, the £13 million transformation of Spirit of Tasmania I and II and the adoption of this new corporate structure will provide us with all the necessary tools and experience to drive this growth further and take the business to the next level.”