WASHINGTON—National Association of Manufacturers President John Engler has been appointed chief executive of the Business Roundtable, a group of leaders of the nation's biggest multinational companies, often tapped to advise the White House on policy.
Mr. Engler, a former Republican governor of Michigan and friend of George W. Bush, will be succeeded at the manufacturers' group by its executive vice president, Jay Timmons, a former Republican staffer and fund-raiser.
Mr. Engler, 62 years old, succeeds John Castellani, who had tried to work with the Obama administration on the stimulus, health care, cap-and-trade and other initiatives.
The twin appointments place GOP-leaning leaders at the helm of the capital's three most influential business groups: the Roundtable, NAM and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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