Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) named Brian McGuire president and CEO. McGuire will assume his duties Jan. 6, 2014, and be based at AED’s headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill. He was most recently the president of the Tooling and Manufacturing Association, headquartered in Park Ridge, Ill.
McGuire is only the third AED president and CEO in the last six decades, according to a press release. He will be introduced to AED membership at the 2014 Summit & Condex from Jan. 15-17, 2014, in Houston.