The company said he had gone on to ‘new challenges’. The senior management team will now report to executive chairman Russell Kew.

Fulford joined Condor Ferries in January 2013 and oversaw the acquisition of a new tri-maran ro-pax to operate the UK and the Channel Islands.

In July the company was thrust into the limelight after the UK’s RMT union claimed the company paid very low wages.

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