E I Sam Williams, 47, has been appointed general sales manager of

20th September 1968, Page 91

20th September 1968

Page 91

Page 91, 20th September 1968 — E I Sam Williams, 47, has been appointed general sales manager of

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Smith's Delivery Vehicles Ltd.—one ' of his first engagements is attendance at Smith's stand at the Corn

.. mercial Motor Show. Mr. Williams '' was previously general sales manager for Austin Crompton Parkinson S. Williams Electric Vehicles Ltd.

Bernard lneson has been appointed export liaison engineer by Drum Engineering Co. Ltd,. Bradford. He will be responsible for Drum sales operations. via agents. in EFTA and EEC.

B. Griffiths and J. T. E. Robinson have been appointed directors of Greenslades . ours Ltd. in place of S. J. B. Skyrme and T. V. Woods, who have resigned.

Bramwell Hill has joined the British United Airways general services department at Gatwick as transport manager. He has previous experience in transport departments of oil companies in the UK and abroad.

Patrick Murphy, who joined CIE in 1941. has been appointed assistant general manager (personnel)... Brian Butterfield, 42. has been appointed sales director of H. W. P. Engineering Co. Ltd.. Hexthorpe, Yorks, an associate of Transport and Chemical Engineering Ltd. Mr. Butterfield's responsibilities include all semi-trailers. He joins H. W. P. from British Trailer Company, where he was North East area representative for over 10 years.

Peter Yorke has been appointed a director of East Yorkshire Motor Services Ltd.. in place of Lord Buckhurst, who has resigned. P. E. Holdright has been appointed Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co. Ltd. area manager for manufacturers' sales in the Midlands and North of England.

H. F. Elson has been appointed sales director of Dunedin Dieseltune Ltd. Mr. Eison was previously home sales manager.

••••• *********************** Sir George Harriman announced on Wednesday that he would retire on November 1 as chairman and a director of the British Leyland Motor Corporation and would simultaneously retire from his directorships of other companies in the Group. He has accepted the board's invitation to become president of the Corporation. Sir Donald Stokes, chief executive, has been appointed chairman and managing director while Sir William Lyons and Lewis Whyte have been appointed deputy chairmen. Dr. Albert Fogg, Jack Plane and George Turnbull have been appointed deputy managing directors. John Barber continues as finance and planning director, with Ronald Lucas as treasurer.

The Corporation has also announced the appointment of the management structure of the new operating divisions which will take

effect from November 1, They are: • Austin Morris division: managing director, G. H. Turnbull.

Specialist Car division: chairman (Jaguar) Sir William Lyons, chairman (Rover) Sir George Farmer, director and general manager (Triumph) C. Swindle.