On November 30, Randal W. Baker will join the company as President and Chief Operating Officer of Joy Global’s surface mining equipment business, P&H Mining Equipment, and Executive Vice President of Joy Global. Prior to his last position, he had 14 years in a series of progressively senior leadership roles in the mining equipment industry, which included management positions with Tamrock, the Construction & Mining Division of Ingersoll-Rand, and Komatsu.

At Komatsu, Baker was Vice President and General Manager of the Mining Division.Baker joins Joy Global from CNH Global N.V., where he was president and chief executive officer of their agricultural equipment business, which sold products under the Case IH brand name. “Randy brings us a tremendous balance of industry experience, global business leadership and drive for performance,” said Mike Sutherlin, president and chief executive officer. “I know he will make a quick start and have a long term impact on our business. As such, Randy is a major addition to a strong management team that will continue to deliver leading performance to both our customers and our shareholders.”

Following the announcement of its in-pit crushing concept at MINExpo in 2008, P&H has now taken over marketing of Continental Conveyors’ surface conveyor systems, and of course the company is already a world leader in electric rope shovels and blasthole drills .