Members will learn with regret of the death of Roger Pollard on 25 December 2015 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.

Mr Pollard was first elected a Member of the Baltic Exchange in 1952. From 1978 he represented Transatlantic Seaways Ltd and then went on to represent Synergy Shipbroking Ltd. Mr Pollard became a Retired Member of the Baltic in 2001.

The funeral will be at Vale Crematorium, Butterfield Green Road, Luton LU2 8DD on Thursday 26 January 2016 at 1430.

Flower donations only, but donations would be very welcome to Brooklands Museum, Weybridge where Mr Pollard’s father used to take him when he was a boy.