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Essar Oil UK has announced the appointment of Ramsay MacDonald as head of retail. Ramsay, who
brings with him over 30 years of industry experience previously worked with Mobil and BP. More recently
he was director of retail for Gulf where he was instrumental in building the brand to over 500 stations.
Delighted to be back in ‘frontline retail’, Ramsay said: “The foundations are solid, the recently announced high
profile MPK deal was a defining moment and the development of Elton Green will allow us to show prospective
customers exactly how Essar can work for their businesses.”
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The addition of 11 MPK sites in late 2018 brought the total number of Essar outlets to 67 with all 11 sites
rebranded to Essar colours within a 48-hour timescale.
Julian Norman, MPK’s property manager, said: The transformation went well and the reaction from staff and
customers to the new image has been hugely positive.”
Elton Green, the first company owned site, is due to open opposite the Stanlow oil refinery later in 2019
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Suttons Group has made two board level appointments – Gary Oliver has joined as operations director
west, replacing Roger Parr who has now been appointed as the company’s new commercial director.
More news from the Suttons Group can be found on page 21/22.
BP UK has appointed Sue Clements as strategic accounts manager. With 15 years’ experience in
commercial and customer facing roles in retail and midstream fuel supply, Sue takes over from
Jo McDonnell who is now UK fleet sales manager for BP’s fuel card operation.
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On 1st January 2019, Alan Dodson was appointed as managing director of Suckling Transport. Alan
takes over from Jesus Ciria who will remain in the UK until the summer before returning to Barcelona to
take over responsibility for SBG’s Spanish business.
Fort Vale Engineering has appointed Graham Blanchard to the post of European sales director.
Blanchard has been with the company for 20 years and is well versed in Fort Vale’s product range. Andrew
Bishop, formerly sales and marketing director, is moving over to Riggs Autopack, an associate company,
where he has been appointed general manager.
Vincenzo Aguda is now regional sales manager at World Fuel Services.
Ian Hodge is now managing director at the CTSL Group of companies. ‘This sees a small change in the
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name Complete Tank Solutions shortened to CTSL and a change in responsibility for me,’ said Ian who
started Complete Tank Solutions Limited in March 2006.
In December 2018 Tim Shepherd started a new position as group customer relationship director at Wright Express European
Services (WEX).
Certas Energy has appointed Dalbinder Ram as senior business development manager, national accounts.
With effect from December, Gerd Peters has resumed the position of chief financial officer of the HOYER Group. Peters forms the
executive board of the Hamburg-based international logistics company, together with CEO Ortwin Nast.
Writing and editing the independent forecourt magazine Garage Watch for over 18 years, managing director Mark Bradshaw has
co-founded PROnounce, a brand-new service for the distribution of news and PR to the media. www.pronounce.media
New president of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK is Paul Sainthouse, Dawsongroup bus and coach.
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