East Yorkshire’s Neill & Brown has appointed a new MD to replace Colin Moody, whose career with the transport and logistics firm spanned more than 40 years.
Carl Andrew takes up the mantle after joining the Hessle-based company as an office junior in 1990 and most recently serving as logistics director for more than a decade.
Chief executive Peter Brown said: “We have always believed in nurturing home-grown talent and recognising people’s hard work and dedication.
“Carl will keep the business firmly on track and is the right person to continue our legacy, developing our people, culture and values that set us apart.
“He has amassed huge knowledge over his career and is widely liked and respected.”
He added: “On behalf of all staff, I want to thank Colin for his outstanding contribution and wish him a very happy retirement.”
Andrew said the promotion came amid an increasingly complex logistics landscape and he looked forward to developing new areas of business, while staying true to the haulier’s family business character.
“We are a fantastic team at Neill & Brown and I feel honoured to be chosen to help drive the company forward,” he said.
“I would like to thank Colin for his mentorship and Peter for putting his faith in me and for his huge support.”
Last month, Brown was the recipient of a lifetime achievement award at the Hull & East Yorkshire Business Awards and he brought an audience of 500 to their feet for his 60 years at Neill & Brown.
Addressing his peers, the CEO said: “This means so much.
“Our business started in 1917, it has been going a long time. We employ a lot of people, all from Hull and surrounding areas, and I don’t want to sell the business, I want to employ more people and keep the business going. It is a legacy.
“There aren’t many people that think like that, and whether I’m wrong or right, I’m not sure!”
Brown added: “Transport is a funny business, everyone looks at us as a dirty business, but we provide food, clothes, chemicals, all over the world, and without us people simply wouldn’t exist.”
Brown’s great uncle started the business off, with initial work bringing timber from Sweden to be used as trench props in Flanders in the latter stages of the First World War.
After the Second World War it was praised by US Army chiefs for efforts in carrying armaments through Port of Hull, and used former airfield hangars to expand its operations.
