Hamburg, Germany
After 34 years of service in various companies within the KION Group, CFO Karl-Heinz Birkner will be retiring with effect from February 1, 2018. He will be succeeded by Thorsten Hofmann, currently head of corporate controlling at the KION Group in Wiesbaden.
Birkner was appointed to the Management Board at STILL in February 2016, having previously been a member between 2009 and 2011. Before transferring to Hamburg, he was the head of accounting, tax, and financial services at the KION Group.
Thorsten Hofmann (52) began his career in 1991 in controlling at Linde AG. In 1994, he transferred to Linde Material Handling and held a number of management positions in finance and controlling in Germany and abroad. In 2013, he was appointed the head of group-wide controlling at KION Group.

Schramm

Zweibrücken, Germany
Terex Cranes has announced the return of Thomas Schramm to the Terex team as vice president sales and product support, EMEAR. In this role, he will drive the sales and product support strategy and lead team members in Europe and the Middle East (EMEAR) for the extensive line of Terex- and Demag-branded mobile and crawler crane models. Additionally, he will act as a Demag brand ambassador globally.
Schramm began his career in the crane industry with Demag in 1987. Throughout his career at Demag and Terex, he held several sales positions, including director international sales before leaving to pursue other interests in 2010.
With Schramm's return to Terex, Carsten von der Geest has taken the role of vice president of global commercial operations and global used equipment. In this new position, von der Geest will drive ongoing activities and process improvements across their commercial organisations globally and lead global used equipment efforts. Additionally, he will take on a leadership role with several strategic customers.