Mersey Maritime has appointed David Pendleton as the new business development director and a financial controller. He will be responsible for promoting and developing the Mersey Maritime cluster. He will provide a single point of contact for all the cluster members and work extensively with local councils to ensure the future growth of the Merseyside maritime community. "I am delighted to be joining Mersey Maritime. future. company, Corning. controller. manager for Atlantic Container Line (ACL). financial viability of the company. respectively. alongside project and administration manager, Paula Deboo. Institute of Marketing.