Movers & Shakers

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- 28 Jan 2016 ( #754 )
1 min read
Beasley
Beasley
Olathe, KS, United States
TVH in the Americas
has promoted Chris Beasley to sales and business development manager for Industrial Parts and Accessories. In his new role, Beasley will lead TVH's sales division to continue the growth of sales and improvecustomer experience.
In 2004, Beasley joined TVH as the technical information services manager. He went on to lead the Technical Data Department.

Sofia Wretman
Sofia Wretman
Stockholm, Sweden
Sofia Wretman has been appointed head of communications and investor relations with crane and industrial access equipment specialist Alimak AB. Prior to joining Alimak, she held a position as a senior consultant at one of the largest communication agencies in Sweden, Hallvarsson & Hallvarsson. She assumes her position on February 1, replacing John Womack who has held the position on an interim basis since March, 2015.

de la Tour
de la Tour
Oakland, CA
Benoit de la Tour has been appointed president of Navis and the head of software business at Kalmar. Based in Oakland, California, he will report to chairman of the Navis Board Olli Isotalo and be part of Kalmar management.
Benoit de la Tour most recently served as vice president and general manager, EMEA for Ciena, and prior to that he worked for Microsoft Corporation as vice president, EMEA and Latin America. He has also held different senior management positions for Infor Global Solutions and Information Builders, Inc.
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