David Marsh is Humber McVeigh operations director
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David N. Marsh, 42, has been appointed operations director of Humber McVeigh Transport Ltd. He has been with the company since 1957 and is chairman of the Grimsby sub-area of the Road Haulage Association. Keith J. Ellis, 40, who has been with the company for 19 years, becomes warehousing director; Byron J. Miller, 35, is now director and company secretary. Other members of the board are D. Dudley Morgan (chairman), G. Hallam (managing director), and W. F. S. Lefton.
David R. Hunter, 58, head of central distribu tion department, Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd, has been elected president of the Chartered Institute of Transport: he will take office on October 1 and deliver his presidential address on October 8. Mr Hunter joined the Institute in 1933 as a student. After a short period in the bus industry he joined the transport side of ICI at Widnes, Lancs, in 1935. He became head of ICI's central distribution department upon its formation in 1965 and moved to London. In addition to his membership of the Institute, Mr Hunter is chairman of the Europe transport panel of the CBI. He is also on the board for the Centre for Physical Distribution Management.
Norman Mellors has been appointed director and manager of Cravens Homalloy (Sheffield) Ltd; Mr Mellors is also a director of Cravens Industries Sales Ltd, Taskers Trailers Ltd, and Cravens Homalloy (Woodville) Ltd.
R. D. Oubridge has been appoihted commercial director of GKN Farr Filtration Ltd in succession to D. W. Kelly who becomes head of G KN's prices unit which has been set up to co-ordinate GKN's negotiations with the Prices Commission. Mr Oubridge in 1961 became a director of his family's transport and garage business. When this was disposed of in 1968 he joined the GKN subsidiary Mills Scaffold Co Ltd as sales. development manager, becoming its general sales manager in 1969.
J. P. Wells (Wells and Son Ltd, London) has been re-elected chairman of the national council of the Road Haulage Accociation. K. E. Hatcher (Hatcher Bros Ltd, London) and J. Male (Male and Sons Ltd, Pensnett) are vice-chairmen. The express carriers' group
J. Male of the RHA has reelected H. A. Russett (Premier Transport Co, Bristol) as chairman and K. Fitzmaurice and D. C. Pragnell as vice-chairmen.
Anthony Dowling, 34, has been appointed engineering services manager of the Stirlingbased company Transfleet Services Ltd. He was previously the company's manager in the north-western district and started his career as an engineering apprentice with Rolls-Royce Ltd. He is succeeded at the north-western district by Brian Dean, 45, who was previously the north-eastern district manager and joined Transfleet in October 1972 from Hertz International with whom. he was employed in Switzerland. He had been Hertz manager in Liverpool in 1965.
N. E. Flanagan, general manager of Durban Transport Management Board, has been elected president of the Urban Passenger Transport
itAssociation (SA) — Die Stedelike Passasiervervoervereniging. Mr Flanagan, who went to South Africa in 1967, was at one time passenger manager of the Ulster Transport Authority. J. M. de K. Schutte (director of Transport, Pretoria) is vice-president. The 20 members of the Association represent 17 municipalities and companies operating more than 3000 buses.
N. E. Flanagan J. R. Burnham has been promoted chief traffic manager of Freightliners Ltd. He has previously been manager of the company's depot in the North East and also the South East. He will be responsible for co-ordinating the commercial and operational functions of the company.
FTA elections
R. Beckham (1:11-1M Foods Ltd, London) has been elected chairman of the London and Home Counties division of the Freight Transport Association; M. G. Horton (Pauls and Sandard Ltd, Ipswich), A. FraserMenzies (Reckitt and Colman Ltd, Norwich) and J. C. Aldridge (Nestle Co Ltd, Croydon) are vice-chairmen; R. D. B. Robathan (Union Distributing Co Ltd, London) is treasurer.
IRTE
David J. Leeming (lecturer responsible for automobile engineering courses, Accrington College of FE) has been elected chairman of the Northern centre of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers ; George E. S. Jepson (lecturer, Harris College, Preston) is vice-chairman; Dawson Williams (area engineer, Ribble Motor Service Ltd) secretary; John Pickles (group service engineer, Primrose Third Axle Co) treasurer.
CIT
D. L. Hyde (gm, Coventry City Corporation Transport) has been elected chairman of the Coventry-Rugby group of the Chartered Institute of Transport; Mr Brandrick (Brady Group Transport) is vice-chairman; J. E. Nixon (CCT) secretary; P. Harris (CCT) treasurer.
OTTS
John Hibbs (Birmingham Polytechnic) has been appointed chairman of the Organisation of Teachers of Transport Studies; D. Awdas (Plymouth Polytechnic) is vice-chairman; J. S. Gilks (RDC Association) secretary; F. G. Willis (London transport) treasurer; D. Birkett (North London Polytechnic), P. Fawcett (St John's College of FE; Manchester), D. Stewart-David (City of Newcastle Polytechnic), and Mrs J. M. Ward (Hatfield Polytechnic) committee.
loTA
Lord Montagu of Beaulieu has been elected president of the Institute of Traffic Administration; L. C. Harrison (West Sussex centre) is deputy president; L. J. Evans chairman of the National council; N. Mower, G. Pickup, L. A. Ellis vice-chairmen.