Oct 03, 2008. /Lesprom.com/. West Fraser announced that Martti Solin, Executive Vice-President, Finance and Corporate Development and CFO, Gary Townsend, President, Solid Wood Products and Bill LeGrow, Vice-President, Transportation and Energy will retire at the end of 2008. The following organizational changes will be effective January 1, 2009: Gerry Miller, currently the Company’s Executive Vice President, Operations will become the Executive Vice-President, Finance and CFO. Ray Ferris, as Vice-President, Solid Wood Products, will have responsibility for the lumber, plywood and LVL businesses of the Company. Larry Hughes, Senior Vice-President and Secretary, will assume primary responsibility for Corporate Development in addition to his other responsibilities in the Company. Peter Rippon, Operations Manager, Mechanical Pulp and Energy, assumes primary responsibility for energy initiatives in the Company in addition to his responsibilities for the Company’s mechanical pulp business. Mark Thomson, reporting to Chris McIver, Vice-President, Lumber Sales, will become General Manager, Transportation assuming primary responsibility for transportation matters for the Company. West Fraser is an integrated wood products company producing lumber, LVL, MDF, plywood, pulp, linerboard, kraft paper and newsprint.