Meet the team

General Manager - Richard Tyldsley

Richard began his career as a bus driver in County Durham for Go North East. He later joined Stagecoach South as assistant operations manager, and was promoted to operations manager in Winchester in 2010. Richard joined us as General Manager for Bluestar and Southern Vectis in October 2016.

Operations Manager - Simon Moye

Simon joined Southern Vectis in November 2007 as a driver and climbed the ranks through Service Controller and Assistant Operations Manager, becoming Operations Manager in 2017. Simon is looking forward to the challenges that lie ahead, working closely with our Drivers and Controllers to help serve the Island's community.

Engineering Manager - Garry Furmidge

Garry re joined Southern Vectis in 2019 having previously serving 11 years as an apprentice then skilled technician and in 2023 progressed to his current role managing the engineering facility at the company and is responsible for the vehicles, buildings and the engineering team.

Assistant Operations Manager - Dave Miller

Dave joined Southern Vectis in December 2003 as a driver. Dave has held various roles, such as Service Quality Controller and Driving Instructor and was promoted to Assistant Operations Manager in 2019. He is very much looking forward to this new challenge, working with colleagues and customers to keep the wheels on the Island moving.

Senior Marketing Executive  - Zoe Stroud

Zoe joined Southern Vectis in January 2020 as Senior Marketing Executive. Zoe has worked alongside Southern Vectis for many years during her time at The Needles Park, the Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce and Visit Isle of Wight where she looked after the sustainable travel projects. Zoe is a proud advocate of the brand looking forward to working with the team and encouraging more people to travel on the network.

Commercial Planning Manager - Marc West

Marc joined Southern Vectis and our sister company Bluestar in 2012, and has 30 years experience of working in a commercial office. Marc plans the Southern Vectis, Bluestar, morebus, Salisbury Reds & Swindon bus networks, as well as ensuring our services remain reliable. Marc also looks after the timetable data on our website, Real Time Passenger Information & Next Stop Announcement systems.

 Schedules Assistant Manager - Ben Bartram

Ben's bus career started at Southern Vectis in the commercial team in 1999. He then became a driver in 2007, progressing to Schools and Private Hire Co-Ordinator in 2009 then Assistant Operations Manager in 2017.  After relocating to our Go South Coast Head Office in Poole in 2019, as Schedules Assistant Manager he now assists with planning timetables, schedules, roadside timetable information, timetable books and other printed publicity for Southern Vectis, as well as sister companies Salisbury Reds, Swindon's Bus Company and Damory.

Network Planning Officer - Gavin Rowney

Gavin joined Southern Vectis in 2004 as a driver and progressed to the commercial team in 2007. He compiles the bus workings and driver duties for the Southern Vectis network, whilst also monitoring timetable reliability and working on tweaks to improve punctuality and better serve our customers.  Another important part of Gavin's role is proof reading and checking our publicity.