On Sept. 1, 2024, the board of directors of Alta Equipment Group elected Colin Wilson to join the board of the company, effective immediately, filling a vacancy. Wilson was elected to the class of directors whose term expires at the company’s annual meeting of shareholders in 2026.
Wilson, age 70, has over 40 years of experience in the materials handling industry. He began his career in 1970 with Coles Cranes in Sunderland, England, where he worked in production engineering, marketing, product management and overseas licensing. After time with a compressor company and a European lift truck competitor, Wilson joined Hyster-Yale Group (formerly NACCO Materials Handling Group), a global company with a primary business in lifting trucks with annual revenues over $4 billion, in 1988 as European sales and marketing director for the Yale brand and had roles of increasing responsibility culminating in his role as the president and CEO in September 2014.
Wilson held the president and CEO role at Hyster-Yale Group until January 2020, when he retired. Wilson graduated with a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Sunderland Polytechnic (now the University of Sunderland). Wilson served on the executive committee and board of directors of the Industrial Truck Association of America (ITA), is the past chairman and board member of the Materials Handling Institute of America (MHI) and has also served as a member of the Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association’s Board of Advisors (MHEDA) and as president of the British Industrial Truck Association (BITA).
“Colin is a proven leader in the material handling business, and he possesses unmatched industry knowledge and insights into our unique strategy,” Ryan Greenawalt, CEO and chairman of Alta Equipment Group, said. “His experience will be very beneficial as we continue to expand this strategic segment of our business. We welcome Colin to the Alta family.”
“I am excited to join the Board of Alta and contribute to the Company’s impressive growth strategy,” Wilson said. “Alta has a leading position in the material handling market and significant opportunities exist to further expand this stable and profitable business segment.”
