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Wakefield restructures; Transcourt and Train Trailer name new account reps; and the Toronto Transportation Club elects new executive committee
Wakefield Canada has announced the creation of two separate sales divisions, and appointed leaders to each. Shannon Spano will lead the consumer sales division with Hasan Zobairi responsi- ble for commercial and industrial sales. The move comes after a first full year of operating the Castrol industrial business. The company says it’s the next step in solidifying its growing position in the indus- trial and commercial sector while reinforcing its presence on the con- sumer side.
Zobairi joined Wakefield in 2015. In his most recent position as national sales manager, commer- cial sales, Wakefield says Zobairi helped build a clear roadmap and strong foundation for the commer- cial business.
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Transcourt Tank Leasing named Carlos Duarte its newest regional account manager for Ontario. The company says the new addition
allows it to focus its sales force on growth while con- tinuing to provide personalized and customized ser- vice to customers.
Duarte has more than 20 years of experience in business development and key account management in the transportation industry.
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Train Trailer announced that James Currier has been pro- moted to national account manager.
He will report to the company’s presi- dent Rick Kloep- fer and will oversee the company’s sales team and assist in managing major
national accounts from its new head office in Bolton, Ont.
For the past two years, Currier has served as senior account man- ager on Train Trailer’s sales team, ensuring his customers maximized their growth and increased their efficiency, the company says.
The Toronto Transportation Club (TTC) held its Annual General Meet- ing at the Metro Toronto Conven- tion Centre in November, and voted on its executive committee for 2019.
The executive committee for 2019 includes: Mike Fontaine, general manager, C.H. Robinson, who will become the past president, and remain on the executive committee; James Mitton, vice-president of national accounts, Apps Transport, elected to the position of president; Cynthia Nagamatsu, vice-pres- ident, commercial client services, Hargraft Schofield LP, elected to the position of first vice-president; and Barbara Leece, national account manager, domestic and intermodal, CP, elected to the position of second vice-president.
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The Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA) has named Troy Cowen, chief operating officer of Maltacourt Global Logis- tics, president of the board. Bruce Rodgers has stepped down as the current president of the board and has joined the secretariat staff as the incoming executive director of CIFFA.
The board has approved a six- month overlap, and Rodgers will share duties with current execu- tive director Ruth Snowden until her retirement in 2019. Cowen has been a member of the CIFFA board of directors since 2012. He has been on the executive committee of the board for several years, first as trea- surer for two years and most recently in the position of vice-president.
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Great Dane has named Bill Healy the new vice-president of aftermar- ket. Healy joined Great Dane in Feb- ruary as director of aftermarket
parts sales.
In his new role, the company says
Healy will provide leadership of Great Dane’s aftermarket depart- ment, overseeing the company’s parts distribution center (PDC) and all parts activities associated with Great Dane branches, dealers and distributors in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and South America. TN
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