Milne has spent the last 15 years working with Liebherr, and will be replaced by Richard Everist, who is joining the Liebherr family from Danish lorry-mounted crane manufacturer HMF’s UK operation, where he has also served as managing director.

Everist will assume full responsibility for the role on 1 August, covering mobile, crawler, tower and harbour cranes, as well as drilling rigs and foundation cranes, concrete mixing plants and concrete truck mixers. He is currently undergoing product training in Liebherr factories in Germany and Austria.