New Secretary General
Sigrid de Vries has been appointed new Secretary General at CECE, the Committee for European construction equipment industry, as of the first of July. She succeeds Ralf Wezel leaving after twelve years, in order of new responsibilities within the industry association VDMA in Frankfurt. She is an experienced EU governmental affairs and communications professional, who served many years as director of communications at ACEA (the European Automobile Manufacturers Association) in Brussels and later led the institutional relations activities of CNH Industrial in Europe.