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3ENERAL MANAGER at City of Dxford Motor Services, John Bodger, has moved to become -egional executive for the Vlidlands and West region of the Vational Bus Company.
Mr Bodger started his career vith Midland Red in 1957 as a nanagement trainee before noving to Southdown and then East Kent where he became raffic manager in 1970.
Another NBC subsidiary, klder Valley, has named a new fief engineer. Derek Allison, weviously chief engineer for (orkshire Traction, has moved o Alder Valley to succeed Rodmy Hawkins who was recently iromoted to south-east regional hief engineer for NBC.
Mr Allison, who had been at 'orkshire Traction since 1978, as held a variety of engineering ,ositions with Northern ieneral, Jamaica Omnibus Serices, Maidstone and District, ast Kent and Eastern National. Traffic Manager at United :ounties Omnibus Company, ohn Tate, has been promoted ) general manager. Mr Tate is icceeding Colin Chubb who as moved to become general lanager of Midland Red. Be)re joining United Counties, Mr ate was traffic manager at orkshire Traction.
Philip Lizius has been ppointed transport manager )rSouth Northamptonshire istrict Council. In his new 3sition, Mr Lizius will be resonsible for over 50 vehicles id plant operated by the disidt council.
Norco Transport, the road nker subsidiary of the Mersey lacks and Harbour Company, as named Philip Farrar as )mmercial manager. Before 3ing seconded to Norco from the dock company, Mr Farrar was senior assistant planning manager and operations services manager for the port.
In his new post he will be responsible for marketing and customer relations, rates, budgeting and development for the 19-vehicle fleet based in Birkenhead .
David Sunderland, who joined Lancashire Trucks 12 months ago. as general manager, has been appointed managing director of the company. Mr Sunderland has since introduced and appointed John Hartley as sales manager. Mr Hartley takes over from Jim Mather who has left to take up a directorship with Wrengate Leasing.
New manager at Don International's Glasgow depot is Kenneth Elliot who joined the company in May this year. He succeeds Peter McGovern and will be assisted by Russel Pollock who has been with Don for 25 years.
Kate Mortimer has been appointed a part-time board member of the National Bus Company. Miss Mortimer is an investment adviser at Rothschild's Bank, and is only the second woman to join the board of a state industry.
MAN-VW Truck and Bus has named William Fellows as