Liebherr names new president

Peter Mayr was appointed president of Liebherr Construction Equipment Co., effective July 1. Mayr took on a variety of roles within Liebherr over his 12 years, including his most recent position as managing director for Liebherr-Great Britain Ltd. (LGB) and Liebherr Rental Ltd. (LRL).

Mayr began his Liebherr career in 2001 working in Austria, where he was responsible for the sales support of dozers and crawler loaders in Spain. He later transferred to England and was responsible for dozers and crawler loaders in Great Britain and Ireland.

From these positions, he was promoted to national sales manager for all of LGB’s earthmoving products, before progressing to general manager and later managing director of LGB’s and LRL’s earthmoving machines.

Photo: Peter Mayr