Oshkosh, WI, United States
Oshkosh Corp CEO and chairman Robert G Bohn will retire on 31 December. Charles L Szews will replace Bohn on 1 January 2011. Szews will serve in a dual role as president and CEO. He has been with the company since 1996 and is currently Oshkosh Corp president and COO.

Bohn who has served as CEO for 13 years will remain on the company's board of directors until the AGM on 1 February. At that time, Richard M Donnelly will succeed him as board chairman. Under Bohn's leadership, Oshkosh Corp has been transformed from a USD400 million Midwest US company into a multi-billion dollar international corporation and a Fortune 350 company. When Bohn joined the company in 1992, he introduced multiple-product manufacturing on a single production line long before mainstream industry embraced it. He also led the company to expand its product portfolio and build leading positions in multiple markets.

Szews has been Oshkosh Corp's champion of new business development, mergers and acquisitions and long-term strategic initiatives. He joined Oshkosh in 1996 as CFO and has served as president and COO since 2007, when he also joined the board. He is credited with being a catalyst in building the company's international footprint and global procurement supply chain.

Future board chairman Richard Donnelly is a former General Motors executive and former industrial partner in the automotive supply practice of a private equity firm.

Westport, CT, United States
Terex Corp has appointed Frank Bardonaro as Terex Cranes vice president and managing director in the Americas. For the past nine years, Bardonaro has been president and CEO of the Amquip Crane Rental Company. Prior to Amquip, he was operations manager for Maxim Crane Rental. He is currently the chairman of the Specialised Carriers and Rigging Association, an international trade association of over 1,300 members from 43 nations.