• GREENHOUS PADDOCK Richard Paddock is the new director/general manager
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of the Greenhous Group's midlands division. He will head the Leyland Daf truck, Freight Rover and Bedford van dealership based at Wednesfield, Wolverhampton.
Paddock has been with the group for 19 years; his most recent job was group management services manager.
• FERRYMASTERS HOWARD/TARRAN/ KEMP/KAVANAGH Jim Howard has been made deputy general manager of the French division of Ferrymasters, based at Dover.
Working under him is Chris Tarran, the new operations manager, who will control engineering at the Aylesham depot and assume responsibility for shipping and traffic.
Brian Kemp will take full control of the French division's traffic function in his new job as traffic manager, with Paul Kavanagh taking charge of the division's haulage and chartering.
• TIDD STRONGBOX BARBER/BRYANT/DICK Trailer builder Tidd Strongbox has promoted Tony Barber from sales manager to manufacturing director, where he will control all scheduling and production operations.
Moving up a step from commercial manager to commercial director is Terry Bryant, while the main responsibility for sales will be taken on by Neil Dick. • FEDERAL EXPRESS MARTIN-LAW John Martin-Law has joined logistics management company Federal Express Systemline as regional manager, based at Bedworth, Warwickshire.
He was previously with Londis (Holdings), the wholesale co-operative, where he was distribution director responsible for a £108 million turnover.
• VOLVO WAGGETT Volvo Truck distributor Manchester Truck & Bus has appointed Peter Waggett as sales manager. He joined the firm in 1987 as area sales executive and has wide experience of virtually all sides of the engineering industry.
• TNT CONTRACT SERVICES W1LLIAMS/KEAN Simon Williams, formerly project assistant with NFT Distribution, is the new business analyst at TNT's retail division.
He will analyse distribution patterns as well as developing new tenders. In anticipation of 1992, TNT has made Helena Kean european marketing executive, responsible for market research on the Continent and liaising with trade organisations in the UK and Europe.
• RICARDO CONSULTING ENGINEERS FOREMAN Sir Philip Foreman will become non-executive director of Ricardo on 1 August. Until recently chairman and managing director of aircraft manufacturer Short Brothers, Foreman is presently chairman of the British Standards Institute. He replaces Sir Hugh Ford, who held the post for 10 years. Sir Philip Foreman • ABAL ENGINEERING BUTCHER Abal Engineering's new area sales manager for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Eire is Brian Butcher. He joins the Manchester firm from Intertruck and will be based in Fife.
• CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT PUGH Alastair Pugh has been elected president of the Chartered Institute of Transport, taking office on 1 October.
Pugh's career began on the design staff of de Havilland Aircraft and as a pilot in the RAFVR. After six years on Flight magazine, he moved into airline management and became executive vice-chairman of the British Caledonian Group.
• JOHN DEE GROUP ADDISON/RICHARDSON Paul Addison becomes group financial controller and Breda Richardson takes up a new post of group personnel and training manager at the Durham-based John Dee Group.
Addison moves from the Tom Cowie Group of Sunderland, where he was project accountant.
Richardson will be responsible for all John Dee personnel and training.