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Smith LT engineer
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MARCUS SMITH is to become London Transport's next engineering director (buses).
Mr Smith is now general manager of the passenger vehicle division of Leyland Vehicles and is expected to take up his new post in November. He succeeds David Thursfield, who resigned in August for personal reasons. A past general manager of Bristol Commercial Vehicles, Mr Smith joined British Leyland in 1968 where he became instrumental in developing and putting into production the Leyland National. In 1973 he became operations director for all Leyland's bus plants.
At London Transport Mr Smith will have overall responsibility for all aspects of bus engineering policy, bus design and development, plus workshop management.
James Duncan is to become a part-time member of the London Transport Executive. The Greater London Council approved his appointment, which will last for two years from November 1.
He succeeds Roger Graef whose term ends on September 30, Mr Duncan is chairman and managing' director of the Transport Development Group and vicepresident of the Chartered Institute of Transport.
Baker West has expanded its coach division to include Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Kent and Essex. In charge of the new territories is David Brason who is based at Glemsford, Suffolk.
Don International, maker of clutch and brake friction materials, has named Alan Crompton as regional sales manager for the North-West of England and Eire. He succeeds Chris Oxborrow who has been promoted to UK replacement sales manager. Mr Crompton, who joins Don from Desoutter Automotive where he was UK sales manager, is based at the Huddersfield depot.
Ceti, the organisation co ordinating international removals has a new general manager. He is Jean-Philippe Bonzon, previously export manager of the Panalpina Organisation in Geneva.
Ian Hourston has moved to Powell Duffryn Engineering as municipal sales engineer fc the company's Ranger refus collector in the Midlands an North of England. He is member of both the Institut of Solid Waste Managemer and the Institute of Municipk Transport.
Dr Brian Lindley, current] chief executive and managin director of ERA Technology, i to join Dunlop as director c research. He succeeds Dr E Marshall who retires at th end of the year after 26 year with Dunlop.
Dr Lindley was appointe director research at the Elec tric Research Association i 1969 before graduating to hi present position. He is member of the Research an Technology Committee of th CBI.
British Road Services ha named Mark Bedeman as it membership services contro ler. Mr Bedeman has been wit BRS for eight years and ha been manager at Portsmout and Southampton branches As membership services coil troller he will be responsibl for co-ordinating BRS Rescu and examining similar ways c expanding BRS services.
Paul Merryweather ha been promoted by Midlan Red to the position of corn pany secretary. He is current] operational developmen manager and succeeds Dou glas Adie who recently move to Alder Valley to becom general manager.
Another NBC subsidiar3 United Automobile Service has a new assistant secretar3 He is John Myers, previousl assistant secretary of Eas Yorkshire Motor Services. M Myers took up his new post o Monday, October 1.