Craig Paylor retires as president of JLG; Wilson Jones named successor

Written by jrood

JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company, said Craig Paylor is retiring as president of JLG and executive vice-president Oshkosh Corporation. The company also said Wilson Jones, Oshkosh Corporation executive vice president and president of Oshkosh's Fire and Emergency segment has been named to succeed Craig Paylor as president of JLG and executive vice-president of the Access Equipment segment of Oshkosh Corporation. Craig Paylor will step down on July 1, 2010

Craig Paylor joined JLG in
1978 as a district sales manager and early in his career, held a variety of
positions focused on sales and business development. He become the senior vice
president of sales and market development in 1999. During his more than 30-year
tenure at JLG, Craig has played a key role in supporting the company’s growth
from a $40-million privately-held company to a publicly-traded global
corporation with sales approaching $3 billion prior to the acquisition in 2006
by Oshkosh.  Craig has held the
position of president of JLG since May of 2007.

Wilson has been in the specialty vehicle
manufacturing industry for more than 20 years. He joined Oshkosh Corporation in
2005 as the vice president and general manager of the airport products business
unit and later became vice-president, sales and marketing for the fire and
emergency group. In 2007, Wilson was promoted to president of Pierce
Manufacturing and to the position of executive vice-president of the Fire and
Emergency segment in 2008.

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