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| Peter Boyes-Korkis |
February 15, 2008 • Manitowoc Crane CARE, the customer service operation of Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wis., has hired Peter Boyes-Korkis as general manager. In his role, Boyes-Korkis is responsible for all aspects of customer support for Manitowoc-brand cranes in the United Kingdom, including Grove, Potain and Manitowoc.
Boyes-Korkis joined the company at the end of November and takes over for the long-serving Bill Newman, who retires in March 2008. He reports directly to Steve Barnett, managing director of Manitowoc in the U.K., and has functional responsibility to Jean-Pierre Zaffiro, sales and marketing director for Manitowoc Crane Care in the European, Middle Eastern, and African region.
Prior to joining Manitowoc, Boyes-Korkis spent 23 years with Case. He began in the service area before becoming business manager for the company's Northern Europe distributors. In 1998, he joined a Somerset, England-based Case distributor before moving to Komatsu in 2002 to take a job as area manager. In 2005, Komatsu promoted him to general manger of customer support.
