Stagecoach announced that it has appointed two new Managing Directors of its bus operations. Edward Hodgson, currently Managing Director of megabus.com Europe, will also take on the position of Managing Director, Stagecoach South, from 1 October 2016. This follows the promotion of previous Stagecoach South Managing Director Mike Watson to the position of Regional Director South. Mark Whitelocks, currently Operations Director, Stagecoach East Scotland, has been appointed Managing Director, Stagecoach North Scotland, effective from 1 October 2016. Current Stagecoach North Scotland Managing Director, Steve Walker, was recently appointed Managing Director, Stagecoach North East. Edward Hodgson was previously Commercial Director at Stagecoach South before spending three years in the US in the role of Director of megabus.com. He returned to the UK in 2011 after being appointed Managing Director of Stagecoach West Scotland and in July 2014 also took on the role of Managing Director of Scottish Citylink. In October 2014, he moved from West Scotland to take on responsibility for megabus.com Europe and, as Managing Director, led the rapid expansion of the megabus.com network within mainland Europe over the past two years. As such, Edward Hodgson will now carry out a dual role, as both Managing Director of Stagecoach South and Managing Director of megabus.com's retail business in the UK, as well as overseeing the on-going operations in mainland Europe.