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Mariano Mateu Casadevall of Spain has been elected president of the International Road Transport Union for 1979/80. Vice-presidents are Belgian J. M. Ernst (bus and coach), French J. M. Poittevin (goods vehicles), and Italian Dr. G. Ziffer (own account).
British Road Services is planning to launch its trailer rental service early next year and has made BRS Group sales manager Michael Latham its product manager. He will be responsible for a build-up of back-up services over the next few months.
Prince Michael of Kent has been elected president of the Institute of the Motor Industry for 1978/79. London Transport's new assistant organisation and methods officer is Jack Hornsell who has held a senior 0 and M post with the undertaking for four years.
Ayrshire Bus Owners (Al Service) general manager Dick Gillies has resigned from his post.
Graham Wills, former PIE Transport Leicester branch manager, has moved to European Ferries Where he is assistant freight co-ordinator with responsibility for mar keting within Townsend Thoresen. He was Leicester branch manager for Anglo Overseas Transport until 1974. A new branch general manager for Arlington Motors Ltd's Leyland Vehicles depot at Willesden, north-west London is Malcolm Mairgetts.
Ford and Slater Brace Bridge Heath (Lincoln) parts department manager Fred Baldwin has retired after 12 years with the company. He joined the motor industry with Albion Motors 28 years ago and transferred ti3 Leyland when it took over the Scottish company.
Stanley Wall, al recentlyretired chief inspector with Warwickshire Coristabulary, has joined British Car Auctions' administrative staff. He will be responsible for marketing BCA services to fleet car and commercial vehicle operators.
W. J. Reynolds general truck sales manager Stan Cooper moved this week to Tidd Strongbox where he is sales director. His previous career was with lorry interests, having sold MercedesBenz and MAN vehicles.
Devon Conversions Ltd's new London and Home Counties/East Anglia regional manager is former Chrysler salesman Philip Buckman. He will be responsible for Devon's sales on motor caravans and converted minibuses.
Mike McDonnell, a Crane Fruehauf management trainee, is now with Freight Bonallack as its eastern area sales representative with responsibility for the company's entire product range.
Automotive parts distributor Chloride Gaedor has placed Doug Joss, former eastern divisional manager, in the newly-created post of operations director in charge of the eastern, north-western, and south-west divisions. Ken Houghton, south divisional manager, has moved to the company's Reading head office to replace Freddie Bonner, recently retired marketing sales manager.
Following the takeover of Challenger Handling by Norwich-based Hunton International Ltd, T. E. Nailon, Hunton's managing director, has assumed responsibility for Challenger. Challenger manager Raife Wellsted is now director and general manager of Hunton's vehicle load handling division.
Mike Davis, H. and J. Quick's Chester managing director, has joined the company's main board. He joined the Chester company board in 1973.
Norman Trelford, J. J. Harvey (Manchester) Ltd sales manager for the last three years, has gone to the Livingston, West Lothian firm Premix Fibre-Glas Ltd as its sales manager.
Following the retirement of G. R. Rothero as Sintered Products works director, parent company Sheepbridge Engineering has appointed J. C. Wood and W. S. Kennedy to the Sintered board.
The new production director of Don International is Neil Maidman. His duties will be expanded as the new Leeds 'manufacturing unit is brought into operation next year.
Peter Lankester has moved within Leslie Hartridge Ltd to become its first overall sales manager. He has been vehicle test division sales manager for four years. At Rubery Owen-Rockwell Ltd, Jack Diggs moves from the Rockwell axle plant in Paris to become manager of engineering,and reliability. Derek Havard is Powell Duffryn Tools development engineer, based at the company's Cardiff offices. He has held engineering posts with various South Wales firms, and served as a radar fitter with the Royal Air Force.
Cyril Cornfield is only the fourth Goodyear Great Britain employee to receive a 50-year service pin award. He has since retired from his post of export operating manager of the company's industrial rubber products factory in Northern Ireland. He spent most of his career in the company's British-based export operating division.