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ROBIN WOOLCOCK has been promoted to director of United Kingdom operations in the sales and marketing department of Leyland Trucks. He has been with Leyland for four years and takes over from HES HAMILTON, who is leaving Leyland to take up a position in the Middle East.
The Institute of Freight Forwarders has elected PETER THOMPSON president of the Institute for 1982/83. He is currently deputy chairman and chief executive of the National Freight Consortium.
MIKE TARRANT has been appointed sales and marketing manager of National Carriers's eastern region.
Roadline UK has promoted JOHN SIMPSON and DEREK JONES to general managers of two new hub centres. John Simpson is in charge of its Newcastle hub distribution centre at Gateshead. Derek Jones becomes the new general manager of the hub distribution centre at Northampton.
BILL PROSSER takes over as fleet engineer to the Geest Organisation at Spalding, Lincolnshire. He has been senior transport examiner during the past five years.
Norfolk Line has promoted ROGER CHUMBLEY to sales liaison officer, based at the Great Yarmouth office. He was formerly area sales manager for the south, a position now taken over by MARTIN DAVIES.
GEOFF EGG LESTONE, Transport and General Workers Union road transport commercial group officer in Newcastleupon-Tyne, has been promoted to become recruitment and organisation officer for Northern England. Former heavy haulage driver GEORGE COLLINS, who was previously officer for the building and construction industry, is the new RTC officer.
County Travel Ltd of Leicester has elected two new members to its board of directors. JOHN ILIFFE becomes operations director. He is presently operations manager, following his move to the operations department in 1979. ROBERT POWELL, who has been with the company for 10 years, takes on the role of engineering director.
HUGH MALONE, presently accountant/assistant secretary of the Hants and Dorset and Gosport and Fareham companies, National Bus Company subsidiaries, has succeeded GRAHAME MAYHEW as company secretary of the two companies.
Frank Tinsdale Ltd has taken on TIM GODDEN to head the after-sales operations, including parts and service, for Terberg vehicles.
MAN-VW has made four new appointments to its luxury coach sales team. RICHARD NOV takes up the position of coach sales manager, VINCE BOWSER has been made coach sales executive for the northern area, and JOHN WALKER joins the compE to represent the Midlands ar STEPHEN PRIME is now sa executive and is responsible the southern region.
NOEL WYNN, former gene manager of Robert Wynn a Sons Ltd, retired from the boi of Bulwark United Transport I on March 31.
Apart from some five yei when he practised as a solicit having qualified in 1947, he w engaged in the Wynn fam business for the whole of career. He was company seci tary when Wynns joined Unit Transport group in 1964, a succeeded as general manag on the retirement of his uncl Percy and Gordon.
He was appointed a director Bulwark United in Septemb 1975, and was chairman of WI kin Roadways on the acquisitii of that company in June 1979.
On the merger of Wynns ai Wrekin on january 1, Noel Wyi retired as director and genet manager of Wynns, and as cha man of Wrekin. He will remain member of the BUT Heavy Ha lage Ltd board until May 31.