07.11.2022
LGMG expands European sales/support team
LGMG Europe has added four new managers to its European sales and support team.
The latest appointments include:
Vincent Vercaemst as sales director. He joins the company after almost four years with Riwal as equipment sales manager based at company headquarters in the Netherlands. He began his lift related career when he joined Belgian sales and rental company Heli, in 2005. In 2009 he moved to Kranlyft as international sales manager for South West Europe looking after dealers in the Benelux region, France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Two and a half years later he moved to Belgian international parts specialise TVH as export advisor. After several promotions he left for Riwal at the start of 2019.
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Vincent Vercaemst
Scott Wilkins joined the company in August as sales director for the UK and Ireland having previously worked with Independent Plant Hire Group. He began his career in 2004 with Mills Scaffolding - part of French contractor Entrepose. Two and half years later he moved to rental company Hi Reach Access as sales manager, leaving in mid-2009 to join UK Platforms as an account manager at the time the company was owned by Haulotte. He was later promoted to regional manager and remained with the business when it was acquired by HSS in 2013. In 2015 he left to join Nationwide/Loxam as head of UK sales. A year later he moved to AFI as regional sales manager and later sales director leaving as the Pandemic took hold in spring 2020, starting with Independent shortly thereafter.
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Scott Wilkins
Adalbelto Baena also joined the company in August as service manager Spain and Portugal in August. He joins the company following almost five years with Riwal Spain where he was a technician with its Swat team. He began his career in 1998 in a maintenance role with Spanish rental group GAM, leaving for Haulotte in 2007 where he was appointed an electro mechanical technician. Six years later he moved to Brazil with Riwal do Brasil where he was maintenance manager. In 2016 he moved back to Spain with Afron - now part of Mateco - moving to Riwal Spain in 2018.
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Adalbelto Baena
Paul Maccall has been appointed to a similar role as service manager for the UK and Ireland, he joins LGMG from Bella Access where he has been service manager since 2018. He began his career in 1999 as a service engineer with UK rental company David Meek with moving to AFI as a foreman in mid-2002. Five years later in 2008 he decided to move to Australia and joined Statewide Equipment Hire as a mobile service engineer leaving just over a year later to return to the UK as a depot foreman with Kimberly Access. In 2011 he was recruited as service manager for Riwal UK, before making the move to Bella after more than seven years in the job.
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Paul Maccall
General manager Robin Wang said: “The growth we have experienced over the last few years has been incredible and therefore we are delighted to be able to grow our team to continue supporting our customers across Europe. I look forward to continued growth with the expanded team over the coming years.”
Bulldog Spirit
Good point Jim, they are probably going to give you the option of buying directly and not through APS.
jim-longstaff
So, the appointment of a Sales Manager and a Service Manager into the UK market somewhat compromises the UK dealer - Access Platform Sales. Or have we missed something?