18.07.2013

Merlo UK appointments

Merlo UK has appointed Ken Hamilton as country manager with responsibility for all commercial operations within the company.

He joins the company from John Deere agricultural distributor Farol, where he was operations director. Prior to joining Farol in 2011 He was managing director at Same Deutz-Fahr UK which he joined in 2005 after a long career with McCormick and Case-International Harvester.
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Simon Howell (L) and Ken Hamilton

Merlo UK director Maurizio Ganio-Mego said: “Concentrating on providing improved dealership support and adopting an aggressive marketing plan will allow the group to position Merlo UK at the forefront of customer choice”.

“I am looking forward to this exciting new challenge and working with the successful team at Merlo UK” added Hamilton.

The company has also appointed Simon Howell, to look after Merlo’s construction equipment business in Ireland. He joins the company from Articulated Truck Solutions (Hydex) where he was European region sales manager.

Prior to that he spent over five years with JCB on key accounts and as regional manager for Poland and the Baltic states. Before that he spent four years with Bobcat as district manager attachments for Southern Europe, and prior to that four years as product manager with Case and then New Holland Italia,