The Freight Transport Association has appointed two new vice presidents to support FTA President John Russell.
Rebecca Jenkins has been managing director of the Lane Group, based in Bristol, since 1989 and joined the FTA National Executive Board in April 2003. Jenkins is a board member of Skills for Logistics and has been a nominee for the prestigious Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year award.
Andy Haines is head of logistics, Tate & Lyle Sugars Europe. Haines joined United Molasses in 1979 and as an area manager looked after many of their trading and operational interests in the Middle East, eastern, southern and west Africa and Brazil. In 1991 he moved to United Storage as managing director, a bulk liquid storage business with interests in the UK, Africa and North America. During this time he became chairman of the Tank Storage Association, representing UK storage interests to government and industry. He took up his current role in 2001 and joined the FTA National Executive Board in April 2004.