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Peter Osborne has been appointed nanaging director and chief executive of the 'ark Trailer Co Ltd. Mr Osborne joins the :ompany from the Leesona Corporation of rnerica, manufacturer of textile machinery, vhere he has been successively financial :ontroller and md for the past 11 years. Fred V. Davies retains his role as chairman of the iroup.
I. A. Talbot has switched from traffic nanager of London Country Bus Services to tperating manager directly responsible to nanaging director C. R. Buckley.
victor A. Rice, 31, has been appointed lirector of sales and market development of he Perkins Engines Group, Mr Rice joined 'erkins in 1970. He takes over the sales ictivities carried out by Sir Monty Prichard, :hairman and md, thus freeing Sir Monty for a :ariety of administrative duties.
(eith David Wickenden, 39, has been ppointed chairman of the board of European :ernes Ltd (the parent company of Townsend -horesen Car Ferries) to fill the vacancy aused by the recent death of his brother, Mr bland B. WIckenden. The new chairman, vho will have executive responsibilities and ekes over on December 1, is at present a .artner in a firm of chartered accountants. Cenneth Siddle becomes managing director vith immediate effect. He has been acting d.
ilyn Downton, 26, has been promoted -tanager of the Chatham branch of Pickfords :emovals Ltd. Richard Steed becomes lottingham manager.
;Afford Smith, 54, Midland operations ifficer for NCL since 1971, becomes traffic nanager, based at Birmingham, responsible Dr freight depots and road vehicles in the /lidlands, North-West England and North Vales. D. H. Foulds is relinquishing his post as managing director of Bulwark United Transport Group and retiring from all BUT subsidiary boards from January 1 1973. He will also relinquish his directorship of United Freight Holdings Ltd. Mr Foulds will continue as a director of United Transport Co Ltd in a non-executive capacity until August 2 next year. K. Farron will on January 1 become general manager of Bulwark United Transport Ltd and will assume Mr Fould's executive functions. Mr Farron will relinquish his post of gm of United Freight Holdings Ltd and become a director of Bulwark United Transport Ltd along with P. Thornton (director and gm of Ancliff (1313) Ltd), and H. Berry (director of United Transport Overseas Services Ltd).
Arthur Smith, 40, has been appointed manager of Hertz Truck Rental. He has been with Hertz for 11 years.
M. A. Phelps has been appointed director of labour and staff relations with the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive. He will be taking up the position on January 1, succeeding R. H. Addlesee, who is retiring. Mr Phelps is at present personnel director of Universal Grinding Ltd, based at Stafford.
Dr A. L. Bonett, 42, has been appointed marketing director, Pickfords International Ltd. He has held posts with Alfa Romeo, Cooper Car Company, Skoda (GB) Ltd, and Young & Rubicam Holdings.
John Fitzpatrick, 49, is to succeed his chief, Dudley Dennington, as the Greater London Council's director of development and traffic commissioner. Mr Dennington is returning to private practice.
Peter R. Evans has been appointed marketing services manager with SELNEC PTE and will head a new department responsible for advising the Executive and management group marketing policy and for co-operating all marketing activities within the organisation. fan Bradshaw has taken over as company traffic manager of SELNEC (Cheshire) area.
G. T. Walton, a director of Bulwark Transport Ltd ( a member of The BET Group), has been appointed general manager of Bulwark and director of Ancliff (B.L.T.) Ltd, following the resignation, in view of his commitments in Australia, of J. W. Ralph as a director and gm of Bulwark and a director of Ancliff (B.L.T.) and Leonard J. Stamp Ltd. M. B. Sweating becomes a director and assistant gm of Bulwark. Mr J. Brown, who is employed at Shell-Max and BP's Purfleet terminal, recently became the 1000th driver to pass through the company's training centre at Buncefield, near Kernel Hempstead. Here he is seen receiving a commemorative certificate from Mr F. Waterman (right), south-east training officer, at a luncheon attended by other course members. The training centre was started in 1969; a thousand drivers have passed through 154 different courses where the object is not to teach a man to drive but to improve his ability.
Stanley F. Smith, 47, London Transport's director-general of research and development, has become chief mechanical engineer in succession to J. W. Wicks, who has been appointed chief officer, special duties, in order to complete certain assignments pending his retirement next January.
Brian Hall has left his post as transport manager of the Settle Speakman Fuels Division at Al sager to become manager of the new north-western division of Ensor (Transport) Ltd at Wheelock, Sandbach. Mr Hall is founder and secretary of the Stoke-on-Trent centre of the National Guild of Transport Managers.
John Hubbard, 25, has been appointed fleet engineer at Coopers Road Services (1972) Ltd and is responsible for the overhauling and maintenance of the fleet of over 100 vehicles.
Douglas J. Moore, 43, previously principal marketing director manager of the London hq of National Carriers Ltd, has moved to manager of the Scottish areas of NCL in succession to D. N. Russell now the Midland Manager.
Geoffrey Fernyhough, general manager of London Country Bus Services, who has retired after 42 years with the company and its predecessors, was presented with a set of crystal glassware at a ceromony at Reigate by managing director Cyril Buckley. Afterwards Mr Fernyhough and his wife were -piped away" to a waiting bus for their journey home.