ANDREE White, who died in December aged 96, owned and ran Gander and White Shipping from 1966 to 1990 when her son Patrick took over the reins of the business.
As a young widow of 45 with two children and with no previous business experience and not having worked for 19 years, Andree took over Gander and White the day after her husband’s unexpected death. In 1966 she was very much a woman working in a man’s world as the head of a freight forwarding company.
The next year, Frank White’s death proved not only to be difficult on a personal level but also professionally challenging. However, as she told Ronald Phillips, “I am always ready to learn”, and with the support of her husband’s close friend, Norman Adams, she knew she could succeed.
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