Debbie George, TAWP's new global brand marketing leader

Westport, CT, USA

Terex Aerial Work Platforms has appointed Debbie George to the newly created position of global brand marketing leader. George will have creative oversight of the Genie and Terex AWP brands, both internally and externally. George has worked at Genie for 23 years, serving 20 years as global director of marketing.

Redmond, WA, USA

Genie has appointed Mike Samora as global director of marketing solutions. In his new role, Samora will manage all marketing communication functions and the Genie and Terex brands. Prior to joining Genie, he founded Premier Postage, where he was president for two years. Prior to that, Samora served in key marketing roles with Procter and Gamble, Coca-Cola and Campbell Soup Company.

Aschaffenburg, Germany

Ralf Dingeldein has been appointed head of the central marketing department at Linde Material Handling. He succeeds Harald Wozniak who has been appointed head of international services. For over 12 months, Dingeldein has been responsible for the strategic marketing of the KION Group in the area of service strategies and competitor intelligence. Prior to that, he worked for the Frankfurt office of McKinsey & Co.

Over Hulton, Bolton, UK

Exide Technologies (CMP Batteries) has appointed Richard Jones as senior key account manager and Jon Wells as technical projects manager. They will be based at Exide Technologies' traction battery manufacturing plant at Over Hulton, Bolton. Jones was the key account manager for Henkel Loctite for 16 years. He has worked extensively with the MoD, the railway sector and nationalised industries. Wells worked for Norco for over seven years. His role at Exide will be to help major customers develop large materials handling power projects - particularly battery changing systems.

Farmington Hills, MI, USA

Susan M. Webb, president and co-CEO of Jervis B. Webb, is retiring from the role she has held since 2003. Webb will continue to serve on Webb's board of directors. Ryuichi Kitaguchi, who will continue as president of Daifuku America Corporation, will succeed her. Webb is the granddaughter of founder Jervis B. Webb. She succeeded her uncle, George H. Webb, in 2003.