Hosted by SSA UK CEO, Simon Forrester, join us for our complimentary, monthly member’s only update including the latest sector news.
Simon will be joined by Paul Fahey who will be introducing a new industry initiative ‘The Self Storage Foundation’.
CEO Update
Hosted by SSA UK CEO, Simon Forrester, join us for our complimentary, monthly member’s only update including the latest sector news.
Simon will be joined by Paul Fahey who will be introducing a new industry initiative ‘The Self Storage Foundation’.
Speaker



CEO, SSA UK
Simon joined the Self Storage Association UK in September 2025, having previously led a range of trade associations and professional bodies at the UK and European level across such diverse sectors as jewellery, construction, healthcare, business tourism and public health pest control. He is responsible for the strategic direction of SSA UK and leadership of the staff team. Simon has an MBA from Birmingham City University.
Storage World UK
Paul joined the moving and storage business as a teenager in 1981 and soon found the movers trade association in the UK, a valuable source of information about best practice and methods. In 1999 Paul joined the Self-Storage Industry, which in Europe and the UK was approximately 10% of the size it is today. Paul was a director of the UK SSA for 11 years including 3 years as Chairman, a director of FEDESSA for 10 years including 3 years as President. Paul has established four different small self storage businesses including one in Italy, three of which he has since sold and one which he still has an ownership stake in and his family operates. As a side “hobby” Paul has advised operators, or would be operators, in a consultancy capacity, in several Middle eastern countries and most European countries over the last 20 years.