UPM Tilhill has made some staff promotions which will enable greater support for and growth within the company’s network of district offices across England, Scotland and Wales.
Tim Liddon, Phil Johnson and Dai Lewis all move up the ranks from the position of district manager to take up the new role of regional manager. They will now co-ordinate the work of the district teams across the company’s north, central and south regions respectively. (north: Scotland; central: Wales and northern England; south: the Midlands, West Country and south-eastern England).
Promotions within districts include Robert Herbert. who steps into Tim Liddon’s former role as district manager for south-west Scotland; Rory Chisholm. who takes over from Phil Johnson as district manager for north Wales; and Rick Vallis takes over as district manager for south-east England.
In addition, Iain Sutherland, formerly timber operations manager north, takes on a new role as biomass business manager, and Richard Baker is promoted to regional harvesting manager south.