14.01.2009

Manitowoc beefs up its sales team in Asia

Manitowoc has announced several new additions to its tower crane sales team for the Asia-Pacific region.

Victor Chan is appointed to the position of sales director of tower cranes for Asia-Pacific. Based in Singapore he will provide sales leadership to the Singapore office and will report to John Stewart senior vice president for Asia and general manager for the company’s Singapore operations. He most recently worked at tyre company Trelleborg SEA Pte and prior to that spent 14 years at Ingersoll Rand in a variety of roles.

The company has also appointed two new regional sales managers, both of who will be based out of the Singapore office reporting to Chan. The two new appointments join Peter Choong who has been at Manitowoc for the past year working as a regional sales manager for Hong Kong, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and major account Manta Equipment in Singapore.
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(L-R) Victor Chan, Steven Ng, Joseph Chin and Peter Choong.

Steven Ng, has rejoined Manitowoc as regional sales manager for tower cranes in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines and some customers in Singapore.. He has previously worked with Manitowoc in a similar capacity.
The second new appointment is Joseph Chin as regional sales manager for tower cranes in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Bangladesh and some customers in Singapore. Prior to joining Manitowoc, he worked for lifting equipment company Crown Equipment Singapore Pte, as a sales executive. He has four years of experience with electrical, electronics and heavy machinery industries.

John Stewart, said: “The addition of these experienced and well-qualified team members to our sales force has positioned us to cover our customer base and develop new relationships in the region. Our expanded team will help us grow and become even stronger in Asia-Pacific. The new team members all have strong experience that will help them provide the service and customer care that Manitowoc customers expect.”

In India, there are three new appointments to the tower crane sales force: Ashwani Mattoo has been appointed to the position of national sales manager for tower cranes. He was most recently a regional manager for Terex Vectra, where he was in charge of marketing, sales, service and parts. He also managed a team of sales and service professionals. He will report to Raman Joshi, vice president of Potain India and work out of the Manitowoc office in Pune.

Two regional sales managers will also join the sales team reporting to Mattoo. The first is Prashant Gujjar, who is appointed regional sales manager for Delhi. Prior to joining Manitowoc he worked for ICIC Banks in its construction equipment financing division as a state head for the Madhya Pradesh region. He will be based at Manitowoc’s office in New Delhi.
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(L-R) Amol Badgujar, Ashwani Mattoo, and Prashant Gujjar.

Second of the new appointments is Amol Badgujar, regional sales manager for tower cranes with responsibility for the Western region of India. Prior to joining Manitowoc he worked as marketing manager at Jianglu Cranes, with responsibilities for marketing, sales and business development, he will be based in Pune.

Raman Joshi said:“With our new sales office in New Delhi and the strengthening of our operations in Pune, we need experienced and capable people to help us develop our presence in India. We are delighted to welcome people of the caliber of Ashwani, Prashant and Amol to our tower crane team; and also Prem to our mobile crane team.”

Manitowoc has also increased its mobile and crawler cranes sales team with the addition of Prem Naithani, who is national sales manager for mobile and crawler cranes in India. Prior to joining Manitowoc, he spent time with Indian rental company ABG Cranes as a regional sales manager and at Bharat Earth Movers, as sales and business development manager. He will be based in Delhi and report to Joshi.