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1/4NKFREIGHT has appointed ur senior executives as direcrs. Head of operations David 'own becomes operations rector, head of marketing and Iles John Darcy becomes marqing director, head of finance 3rold Lodge becomes finance rector, and group engineer .ank Patch becomes engin)ring director.
International freight forarder, Thomas Meadows Interational Ltd, has two new board irectors in Frank Morgan and asil Needier and has made Alert Smith a director of Thomas leadows United Kingdom oldings Ltd. Mr Smith joined leadows as an accounts clerk in 939 and later became assistant
company secretary and then chief accountant. He became UK financial controller in 1979.
Cartransport Ltd, the national car delivery specialist, has a new manager for its Northern Ireland operation. Ken Andrews joins the company from the IPEC Transport Group of Belfast. Before that, Mr Andrews worked for Townsend Thorensen for eight years.
Michael Wigmore is the new head of finance at Western British Road Services, and will be based at the company's head office in Bristol. He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1975 and joined BRS as group financial accountant in 1979.
The new general manager for Ayrshire Bus Owners (Al Service) Ltd is Richard Waters, formerly with Lancaster City Transport. He replaces David Garnett who has returned to OK Motor Services at Bishop Auckland.
The new general manager of the Southern Vectis Omnibus Co, on the Isle of Wight is Geoffrey Webb. He was previously general manager of National Travel (South West) Ltd.
Dennis Rodgers has taken over as area general manager (designate) for the northern area of Greater Manchester Transport. Mr Rodgers started his career in transport in 1949 as a traffic clerk with North Western Road Company at Stockport, and latterly headed Charterplan, the coaching wing of GMT.
In connection with its inquiry into transportation in London, the House of Commons transport committee has appointed Anthony Bull, former vice-chairman of the London Transport Executive, and Anthony May, Professor of Transport Engineering, Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds, as specialist advisors.
Autoliners UK Ltd has strengthened its management team with the recruitment of Tony Bradshaw as freight manager. He was formerly with Sequana Maritime for seven years.
Harry Jones, distribution manager of Glasurit Beck Ltd of Horsham, has been elected chairman of the south-eastern counties division of the Freight Transport Association. New vice-chairmen are John Emery, traffic manager, AEI Cables Ltd, Gravesend; Geoffrey Rose, Milk Marketing Board, Dorking; and Ernie Farncombe, managing director, Livestock Sales Ltd, Lamberhurst.
The Freight Transport Association's Yorkshire (south and west) division has elected a new chairman and vice-chairman. The new chairman is H. Ingham, Graham Gratrix Ltd Huddersfield. The vice-chairme are D. Allen, John Waddingto Ltd, Leeds; F. Johnson, Joshu Tetley Ltd, Leeds; J. Bell, BritiE Steel, Sheffield.
New chairman in the nortl east division for 1981/82 is Marshall, Bass North Ltd, Soul Shields and vice-chairmen are' Anderson, BOC Ltd, Chester I. Street; R. Bell Northern CIL Federation Breweries Ltd, Gat shead; and E. Hanson, Pator and Baldwins Ltd, Darlington.
Jim Staley, company secr tary to the National Freight Cor pany Ltd, was invested at Buc ingham Palace with the MBE la month. He was awarded ti MBE in the New Years Honou list.
Peter Pearce, managing dire tor of Sutherland's Haulag Peterhead, has retired from II company after 19 years.