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FOLLOWING the management restructure at Roadline, Gerry Flanagan has taken over as head of the southern region, based at City Road, London. Mr Flanagan was previously the company's Midlands regional director after having worked as the National Freight Corporation's director of corporate planning.
Succeeding Gerry Flanagan as Midlands regional director is Mike Rowley who was the company's director of operational development, while John Gilbody has been confirmed as northern regional director. Mr Gilbody has been the region's senior executive at Old Trafford, Manchester, since 1972.
Gordon Linington is the Freight Transport Association's assistant secretary in the Southeastern region. For ten years, he worked for an international banking group in the City of London, then overseas, before entering academic life.
International freight forwarder, Thomas Meadows International Ltd, has announced new board appointments following the death last year of chairman Stanley Fetherston. James Fetherston is the new chairman and his cousin, Anthony Fetherston, is the new deputy chairman. The new chairman is a member of the North American Advisory Group of the British Overseas Trade Board.
Ferrymasters have named Malcolm Robson as general manager of LTL and Warehousing Europe/Scandinavia with overall responsibility for the coordination, development and operation of the company's new groupage and part loads division. Mr Robson has worked for Ferrymasters for over ten years.
William Fairhall is London , Transport's new director of f ance and planning after rejo ing the organisation from dustrialists Turner and Neu% where he was general manag corporate planning. In his ni position he will combine the n ponsibilities for corpora planning and central financial.
West Midlands PTE has co pletely reorganised the rnana ment structure in the North di sion with operations manac Geoff Lusher being re-titled di sional manager. Other appoi ments at divisional headquarti are John Adamson, traffic mi ager; Walter Booth, engineeri manager; Brian Parry, divisioi engineering officer; and Dal Pearson, divisional traffic offic The former District organisati is discontinued and the sepan engineering and traffic functio are combined in the sev operating units, each run by operating manager with Jo Geobey at Dudley, Tony Hall Harts Hill, Bill Walton Oldbury, Stephen Arthur Stourbridge, Chris Walker Walsall, Garnham Dawson West Bromwich, and John Po at Wolverhampton.
The newly-formed Row Timber Transport and Tradi Association in Northern Sc. land has Andy Wilson as chairman, representing the / sociation's South-east area. Vi chairman and secretary is Jo Dillon representing the Northe area, with committee membr Archie Ferguson (Central), E ward McGinty (West), Hu McIntyre (South), John Mun (North-western), Ewan MacR (Skye), John MacRae (Speysid and Sam MacArthur (East). C opted committee member is C nald MacCuish, senior transpi services officer, Highlands a Islands Development Board.
Frank Manton has now retir as group engineer, BC Transhield and fleet engine Jon Ostie, has replaced him.
Renault Trucks & Buses I Ltd has brought together sales, service, parts and m keting departments within newly-created commercial di sion headed by Nick Buckli who has been appointed co mercial director. He origine joined the board as marketi director in April last year.
Obituary
We record with regret, the SL den death of Joe Cox at 62. I Cox was the Road Haulage As ciation's Western area secrete for the last 20 years and prior that was assistant secretary 13 years. Over the years served on various Western ar committees.