Tony Leighton joins the company from Hoyer UK, where he spent 15 years leading their food and petroleum sector operations.
His appointment follows Suttons’ £7million investment in its UK tanker fleet to support existing contracts and new business including Grace Construction, Grosvenor Chemicals and BOC.
Andrew Palmer, Group Managing Director of Suttons, said:
“Tony’s appointment is key for us as he strengthens and completes our senior management team. Tony’s experience will support our commitment to continuous improvement of existing UK based activities and to our planned development of new business.”
Tony is married with two children and lives in the North West.
Suttons is based in Cheshire, UK and operates globally with key business centres in Antwerp, Essen, Houston, Kuantan, Le Havre, New Jersey, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.