Genie Names Simon Meester President

John Garrison Jr., chairman, president and CEO of Terex Corp., announced this week that Simon Meester has been appointed president of Genie, effective August 1. Meester will continue to report to Garrison and join the company’s executive leadership team.

Michael Roth

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July 28, 2021

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Meester currently serves as chief operating officer of Genie. Meester joined Genie in 2018 from Eaton Corp., where he was vice president and general manager of the Industrial Control Division. Previously, he held senior roles at Caterpillar and Sandvik. Meester will continue to be based at Genie’s Redmond, Wash., headquarters.

“Simon’s leadership has kept Genie team members safe during the pandemic, while leading key strategic initiatives to deliver quality and value for our customers,” Garrison said. “He is a proven leader with a deep understanding of the business, our customers’ needs, and how to drive growth. I am confident that he is the right person to lead Genie forward.”

“Genie has committed team members, strong customer relationships, and a passion to innovate and grow the business,” said Meester. “I am honored to lead Genie and build on our momentum as we continue to position Genie for the future.”

Terex Corp. is a global manufacturer of mobile elevating work platforms and materials processing machinery.

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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.