Ward Bushnell retiring in April

Mr Bushnell, who will be 60 this year, told AI that the move had been planned for the last 12 months and that the timing was right; “The merger with Terex has gone very well, with Genie and other Terex companies blending together.

And we have a well established international group at Genie, so it's a good time to leave.”

Genie's international sales operations will be split between three senior managers: Jacques Catinot, vice president for Europe and the Middle East; Jim Barr, sales and operations manager for Asia Pacific; and Steve Matuschak, international operations manager and Latin America sales manager based at Genie's Redmond headquarters. All three will report directly to Genie president Bob Wilkerson.

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