09.06.2017

Genie’s Stein Adolfsen retires

Genie has appointed Lars Raagaard as sales director for Scandinavia, Finland and the Baltic States following the retirement of Stein Adolfsen.
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Lars Raagaard

He will continue to be based in Copenhagen and will add his new territory to his current responsibilities as sales director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland and Iceland.
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Thomas Andersson

To support Raagard in this larger role regional sales manager Thomas Andersson will now be responsible for all customers and distributors in Sweden, Norway and the Baltic region. He will also support strategic accounts in Scandinavia and will be aided by Erik Geene, sales director strategic accounts and used equipment, from his base in the Netherlands.
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Erik Geene

Stein Adolfsen joined Genie in 2001as sales director for the Northern European region which included Scandinavia, Finland, Iceland, the Baltic States and Russia. In the 16 years since he has been a constant, working with Genie distributors, customers and major regional accounts.
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Stein Adolfsen

Jacco de Kluijver vice president of sales and marketing said: “I would like to thank Stein on behalf of all at Genie for his hard work, business intelligence and the dedication with which he has served Genie Scandinavia over the past 16 years. His friendly and valiant ‘Viking’ approach while doing business will be missed by the entire sector. When Stein joined Genie the Nordic access market was at its beginnings, but there was good potential. The awareness of aerial work platforms as a safe means of working at height remained to be shaped. Stein contributed to this immensely, and he built the Genie brand around our Terex values with a deep understanding of our customers’ needs and the importance of reliable distributors in the region.”

“I am also delighted that Lars has accepted to take on this additional role, he has worked for Genie for over 10 years and has gained a wealth of experience, displayed his strong strategic and analytic skills and excellent understanding of our customers and distributors. I am convinced that he is the right man in the right place to support our customers’ success and help them adapt to current and future market challenges.”

“Thanks to the extensive experience that Thomas Andersson has acquired both as a technician, workshop manager and sales manager for Sweden for over 12 years, and with Erik’s 15 years sales experience within Genie, I am confident that Thomas and Erik have all the skills required to continue to give the excellent commercial ground support our customers are accustomed to.”

“Our customers are always at the centre of our activities. This new structure and distribution of roles is the logical step to make sure we provide them the responsive level of support they rely on.”