Eric Lepine, President of CECE and Managing Director of
The appointment of the new Secretary General was taken by the CECE Steering Group and confirmed by the Association’s Presidents’ Committee in May 2014. De Vries said: “The construction equipment industry forms an important part of the machinery manufacturing sector in Europe, and EU legislation has a direct impact on its ability to stay competitive. I look forward to promote the interests of this industry towards the European Institutions and work together with the CECE members, partner associations and other stakeholders to achieve common goals.”
A Dutch national, de Vries 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