Ashley Highfield, CEO of Oyster Yachts, will leave the business this autumn.

The Southampton-based firm, which claims to build the world’s finest bluewater sailing yachts, has bases in Wroxham and Ipswich, as well as the USA, Spain and Australia.

Oyster Yachts in Hoveton (Image: Newsquest) Mr Highfield, the former CEO of newspaper publisher Johnston Press, managing director of Microsoft UK and board director of the BBC, will hand over his current role to a new chief exec set to be........

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