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Geoffrey Steel, 35, has been elected chairman of the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association national executive and finance committee. The youngest man to hold national office in the Association, he is the son of John Steel, a former chairman of the executive committee and national chairman, and succeeds Arthur Lainson. of Premier Travel, Cambridge. who remains a member of the executive committee. Geoffrey Steel is tour manager with Wallace Arnold. G. Steel Frank Briggs has received a number of presentations since his retirement as manager of Standerwick Ltd, of Blackpool and Burnley, and is being given a farewell party on October 20 at Burnley. Mr Briggs began his
F. Briggs career as secretary of Bracewells Ltd, at Colne, moving to Blackpool two years later in 1928 when Bracewells bought out Charles Smith. Other operators were acquired until, in 1933, Bracewells were absorbed by Standerwick, which had become a subsidiary of Ribble Motor Services the previous year. Mr Briggs became manager in 1945.
J. B. Mills has been appointed Fodens Ltd executive director (engineering); E. T. Firth, executive director (works); and E. S. Foden, executive director (export).
C. J. Frank has been installed as the new chairman of the Humberside section of the Institute of Transport. succeeding F. F. Porter. W. L Steele, 44. a director of the Corby-based Car-men Spares Group of motor factoring companies, has been appointed managing director in succession to J. Macklin who has retired. Mr Steele has been a director of the
Group since 1956; previously he was with Kerrys.
D. W. Allwork has been appointed to the board of Cummins Diesel Sales and Service Ltd—he was previously general manager (parts and service division).
E. G. Spearing has succeeded J. T. Masterton as managing director of Brown Brothers Ltd; for the past 15 months he has been assistant md. Following the merger of Brown Brothers and Albany Tyre Service Ltd. the board, under the chairmanship of Mr Masterton. has been joined by T. W. Kempton, previously a director of Brown Brothers.
Brian R. E. Furey has been appointed automotive sales manager, British Timken, and is returning to Duston. Northants. on the completion of a sales management training programme in Canton, Ohio. A. D. N. King becomes manager—sales services, a new appointment carrying responsibility for market . research.
J. H. P. Draper is being appointed principal establishment and organization officer of the Ministry of Transport in succession to J. M. Moore. Mr, Moore is to take charge of the Railways Group of Divisions in succession to P. E. Lazarus who has been loaned to the Treasury. D. McKean, on loan from the Treasury, is to be the Under Secretary in charge of programming in the Highways Directorate. R. D. Poland, at present an Under Secretary in the Ports Group, will take over from Mr Draper responsibility for the Nationalized Transport Group. The Channel Tunnel Divisions will for the present report direct to C. P. Scott-Malden, Deputy Secretary.
Bernard McClory has been made a director of Strathclyde Transport, Motherwell. He is transport manager, and was formerly em played by Caledonian Services for five years. Alan M. Dix, 48, managing director of Volkswagen Motors Ltd, has been made a Fellow of the Institute of Marketing and elected president of its newly constituted Croydor branch.
G. Anthony Hepworth has been appointed to the board of Associated Engineering Ltd. the parent company of the Associated Engineering Group. Mr Hepworth is divisional managing director of the newly formed replacement parts marketing and distributing division. In addition, he continues as chairman and md of AE Auto Parts Ltd.