John McWilliam

Northumberland, UK

Continental Industrial Tyres has appointed John McWilliam as sales manager for Scotland and north east England.

McWilliam has over 10 years of experience in the commercial tyre industry and he has worked in both business development and sales.

Oxford, UK

Sir Richard Mottram has been appointed non-executive chairman of Amey.

Sir Richard is one of the UK's most senior officials within government and his career spans 39 years. He has had experience across key sectors including transport, the environment and public services.

In his new role, he will be involved in developing the business's central and local government agenda and guiding Amey's future strategic development.

Portland, Ore, USA

Cascade Corporation has announced a number of new executive appointments.

Richard S. Anderson was appointed chief operating officer. Anderson has been with Cascade since 1972 and has held several executive level positions, as vice president - Material Handling Product Group in 1996, senior vice president - International in 1999 and senior vice president and chief financial officer in 2001.

Joseph G. Pointer was appointed chief financial officer, succeeding Anderson. Pointer joined Cascade in 2000 as vice president - Finance. Before joining Cascade, Pointer was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Portland, Oregon.

Peter D. Drake was appointed vice president - Americas. Drake joined Cascade in 1991 and he has held a number of management positions in both the Portland and Corporate manufacturing operations.

Frank R. Altenhofen was appointed vice president - Asia Pacific. Altenhofen started at Cascade in 1983 and he has held numerous manufacturing, marketing, and management positions. In 2007, he served as the company's vice president - Americas and was general manager of Cascade's China operations in the mid 1990s.

Davide Roncari was appointed vice president - Europe. Roncari has held a number of management positions in Cascade's European operations. Prior to this promotion, he was the director of engineering - Europe and director of production for the Verona manufacturing operations.