William Markham, a trusted deputy executive of Penn in the colony for many years, commented:

Penn subsequently appointed five commissioners to replace the council as his deputy executive.

In other developments, Kevin Maxwell, the son of the chairman, was named Macmillan's vice chairman and deputy chief executive.

That change could yet involve the appointment of a chief operating officer or deputy chief executive, to delegate some of his many responsibilities to.

The company then merged to form Storebrand-Norden, and Schjerve became deputy chief executive.

Her father is the general counsel and deputy chief executive of BG Group, a natural gas company based in Reading, England.

Although the chief executive of each district is locally elected, deputy executives are still appointed by the central government.

Mr. Brackeen, 51, has been vice chairman of Fairchild and deputy chief executive.

He became deputy chief executive in 1980 and chief executive in 1983.

He was named the newspaper's general manager in 1983 and deputy chief executive of the publishing group in 1989.