Margason takes over
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as head of TRRL
TRANSPORT UNDER Secretary Geoff Margason is to become the new director of the Transport and Road Research Laboratory on January 31, 1984. He takes over from Ron Bridle who is retiring.
Mr Margason is currently deputy director of TRRL and is well placed to maintain and develop the Laboratory.
A further change as from January 1 stems from the enlarge ment of the Department of Transport earlier this year. Mr Humphrey Cole will assume line management responsibility for Research and Development at the DTp from Dr Holdgate.
Dr Holdgate remains chief scientific advisor to the DTp and chief scientist with the Department of the Environment.
Mr Margason joined the Road Research Laboratory in 1960 as a scientific officer and has spent most of his career there.