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- 1 Oct 2020 ( #994 )
2 min read
Duyos
Duyos
Waregem, Belgium
TVH
has appointed Rafael Duyos as regional manager - Iberia. Rafael is now responsible for the Iberian region (Spain and Portugal), both for TVH and its subsidiary Bepco.
Having worked for 10 years at Hune, a big rental company in Spain and Portugal, and recently also for the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF), Duyos brings significant experience to the role.
As a regional manager, Duyos will give further direction to the corporate strategy for the Iberian market. He is supported by Javier Gonzalez (general sales manager -Iberia) and Rafa Poveda (general manager - Bepco Iberica), who will continue their current responsibilities.

Murdoch
Murdoch
Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom
The EMEA division of Hyster-Yale Group has announced that Harry Sands has retired as the company's senior VP and managing director, EMEA, from 30 September 2020, after almost 40 years of service.
Sands served in that role since 2015.
He joined the company in 1980, working for Hyster as Craigavon factory manager, then becoming plant manager in Craigavon for Hyster-Yale Group in 1989. In 1998, he transferred to Nijmegen to assume the role of plant manager. In 2001, he was appointed VP European manufacturing and logistics before becoming the managing director of EMEA in 2015.
Stewart D. Murdoch, who joined Hyster-Yale on 9 September 2020 as the incoming Senior VP and managing director, EMEA, has assumed full responsibility for the position.
Murdoch brings with him over 25 years of international experience in bulk materials handling and industrial process automation and has held executive management and operational leadership positions in Europe and the UK as vice president of the Schenck Process Group, Germany, and UK managing director/GM & Head of EMEA North and Australasia for the Habasit Group, Switzerland.

Sapp
Sapp
Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Navitas Systems
has welcomed John Sapp as its new chief operating officer.
Sapp is a pioneering leader who has developed, managed and launched multiple industry-first technologies into production at both mature Tier 1 and start-up companies.
His latest role prior to joining Navitas was as executive director of global product development process design & governance for a leading uninterruptible power supplies company. Prior to that position, Sapp was VP of program management, reporting to the CEO of a prominent lithium battery manufacturer.
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