Thomas A Fische

Hamburg, Germany
The supervisory board of STILL GmbH has extended the contract of managing director (sales and marketing) Thomas A Fischer for another four years after its expiry at end of March 2014. Fischer has been a member of the management board of STILL GmbH since April 2010. Before taking office, he held the post of managing director of the French subsidiary.

Hyvinkää, Finland
Konecranes has appointed Timo Leskinen as senior vice president, human resources. Leskinen will be responsible for all human resources and corporate responsibility matters for the company. He will also be a member of the group's executive board and will report to president and CEO Pekka Lundmark. Leskinen, who assumes his new role on 1 August, has worked at Fiskars Oyj Abp since 2009, and is currently vice president, head of HR. He has previously held several HR and business management positions at Nokia Oyj.

Northampton, United Kingdom
Doosan has appointed Gillian Knowles as national accounts manager. Knowles has worked for Toyota Materials Handling UK as a key account manager. She will work closely with Doosan's national partners, helping them to assess and meet customer requirements, and support them in achieving sales targets and major account prospecting.

Crooklands, England
The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has elected Steve Couling to a two-year term as president, succeeding Wayne Lawson. Couling is managing director of TIME-Versalift in Northampton, England and has been involved with IPAF as a member for nearly two decades and as a board member since 2008. Lawson is a JLG consultant and previously was managing director of JLG sales for Europe, Africa and the Middle East in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands.
As IPAF president, Couling aims to boost specialist training for the vehicle-mounted sector, online training programs and the creation of more IPAF country councils for regional discussions and focus.
The IPAF board elected Andy Studdert, chairman and chief executive officer of NES Rentals Holdings Inc of Chicago, as deputy president and named two new directors: Brad Boehler, president of Skyjack Inc of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, and Nick Selley, group business development director of AFI-Uplift Ltd of West Bromwich, England.