Movers & Shakers

Local News
- 5 May 2016 ( #768 )
2 min read
McLean
McLean
Singapore
Peter McLean has been appointed president of Bromma , effective from 1 June 2016, in the Bromma head office in Singapore.
McLean brings more than 20 years of experience in senior leadership roles in industrial organisations and deep knowledge of engineering-related services. Most recently, he served as vice president in the Asia Pacific region, successfully developing various Cargotec businesses in Australia, New Zealand and the Oceania region.
Vice president Vikram Raman will continue as interim president until McLean joins the company.

Rooney
Rooney
Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Cooper Handling Group
, one of the UK's most experienced independent materials handling businesses, has appointed Tony Rooney as managing director of its three operating companies.
With a wealth of experience in the materials handling industry, Rooney joined the group four years ago as a director and, with this appointment, he now heads all three companies: Cooper Materials Handling Ltd, Cooper Handling Solutions Ltd and Cooper Specialised Handling Ltd.
The appointment represents the latest development in an exciting period for the Cooper Group that has seen it reinforcing key relationships with Sany, Mantsinen and Maximal while expanding its short-term hire offer and building on its reputation for engineering excellence and building long-term business relationships.

Sherwood, OR, United States
Cecil D'Antignac, recently named vice president of Long Reach Sales at Allied Systems Company, has announced personnel changes and additions in a major sales reorganisation.
Lisa Turner has been promoted to manager of development for the Long Reach product line. Turner was most recently supervising engineer of Long Reach product design. This promotion puts her in a unique position to apply her deep knowledge of both the attachment market and the Long Reach product line to provide customer-focused innovation.
Don Walden, a 25-year veteran of the materials handling industry, will take over D'Antignac's south eastern region for Long Reach, covering Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi. Walden's experience has been dealership-level field sales management in the materials handling industry.
Matt Halloran hands off the south central region to Richard Defenbaugh, and moves to the mid-east region, taking the reins from retiring Glenn Toy. Halloran's territory now covers Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Ontario, Canada.
Defenbaugh brings his 30 years of experience in forklifts and OEM attachments to the south central region, which includes Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.
Ken Welter will continue to manage the mid-west region of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois.
Henry Cerwinski continues to devote himself to the north-east region territory, from Virginia to Maine, as well as Canada's eastern seaboard.
Dan Embry maintains the Latin American region, from Mexico to South America.
D'Antignac has placed the new western territory of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona under Nick Parotino's management. Parotino has six years of experience representing OEM attachments and fork manufacturing.
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