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Ambuja Cements names Neeraj Akhoury as MD and CEO

21 February 2020, Published under Cement News

Ambuja Cements has appointed Neeraj Akhoury as its new managing director and chief executive officer with effect from 21 February 2020, the company said in a press release. He will succeed from Bimlendra Jha, who resigned to pursue other interests. Mr Akhoury was previously MD and CEO of ACC Ltd and has 27 years of experience across multiple roles including sales and marketing, logistics and corporate affairs.  Mr N S Sekhsaria, Ambuja Cements’ chairman, said: "We are pleased to have Nee...

Eagle Materials announces new chairman and CEO for independent companies

13 February 2020, Published under Cement News

The Eagle Materials Inc Board of Directors approved a plan in 2019 to separate its Heavy and Light Materials businesses into independent, publicly-traded companies by means of a tax-free spin-off to Eagle shareholders. Significant progress has been made on this plan since the announcement, and the Company continues to target the summer of 2020 for the completion of the separation. The Board of Directors announced the selection of the Chairman and CEO for each of the two companies, which w...

LafargeHolcim US appoints Mountain Region manager

05 February 2020, Published under Cement News

LafargeHolcim has appointed Woodrow "Chance" Allen general manager for the Mountain Region for the US Aggregates and Construction Materials (ACM) organisation. Mr Allen has extensive experience in lean manufacturing and managing large-scale businesses. "Chance brings a valuable perspective of the US aggregates and construction materials industry," said Jay M Moreau, CEO, US ACM. "His experience in production and in developing and executing strategic growth initiatives will support LafargeHo...

Dewan Cement makes changes in top management

05 February 2020, Published under Cement News

Dewan Cement Ltd (DCL) has informed Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) about changes in top management. Company Secretary, Muhammad Hanif Germany stated in a bourse filing that Haroon Iqbal, Syed Muhammad Anwar, Ghazanfar Baber Siddiqi, Waseem-ul-Haque Ansari, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Muhammad Baqar Jafferi and Aziz ul-Haque have elected as the directors of the company. The new appointments have taken place on, and are thus effective from Monday, 27 January 2020. Ishtiaq Ahmed was appointed as chairman ...

Lucky Cement reports profit fall during 1H20

30 January 2020, Published under Cement News

Lucky Cement Ltd of Pakistan has announced its financial results for 1HFY19-20, posting earnings of PKR1.937bn (US$12.54m), down 65 per cent when compared with earnings of PKR5.501bn reported for the 1HFY18-19. Revenues also fell by 15 per cent YoY to PKR 21.211bn in the 1HFY19-20, largely due to a slowdown of demand coupled with weaker pricing resulting from the industry's demand-supply gap.   Commenting on results, a local research house attributed the fall in profits to pricing weakness, ...

MPA makes management appointments

23 January 2020, Published under Cement News

As part of the Mineral Products Association (MPA)’s 10th year anniversary in 2019 and in support of its vision for 2025, the association has been strengthening its team and is pleased to announce the following appointments.   • Chris Leese, former vice president at Cemex UK, joins as Director of UK Concrete and Special Adviser Health & Safety. UK Concrete is a new campaigning vehicle that will be launched in the coming weeks to promote and defend the concrete industry with a focus on non-tec...

Baudouin Nizet appointed head of McInnis

21 January 2020, Published under Cement News

The Board of McInnis Cement has appointed Baudouin Nizet as president and CEO of McInnis Cement, succeeding Jean Moreau, who held the post in an interim capacity since 2018. Mr Nizet was senior vice-president at Stuart Olson Building Group but previously served as senior vice-president, Québec and Atlantic region at Holcim (Canada) in Montréal and in Toronto as president and CEO, spanning the transition to CRH Canada. The Board also named Alex Wojciechowski as COO. He has more than 30 ye...

West China Cement has new CFO

15 January 2020, Published under Cement News

Chu Yufeng has been appointed chief financial officer of West China Cement. The company stated that his predecessor Chan King Sau ceased to be CFO, according to Reuters.

FLSmidth appoints new Mining Industry President

13 January 2020, Published under Cement News

Mikko Keto will join FLSmidth as President, Mining Industry and member of Group Executive Management. The appointment comes following Manfred Schaffer’s decision to retire in 2020. Mikko Keto joins FLSmidth from Metso, where he has worked for 10 years of which the last two years as President, Minerals Services and Pumps. He also served as a member of the company's Executive Team. 
 FLSmidth CEO, Thomas Schulz, said: "Mikko Keto will lead the FLSmidth Mining organisation in capturing profit...

Serge Gbotta new CEO LafargeHolcim Côte d’Ivoire

10 January 2020, Published under Cement News

LafargeHolcim Côte d’Ivoire has appointed Serge Gbotta as its new CEO, effective from 1 January 2020.  He succeeds Xaivier Saint-Martin-Tillet, who will head up the west Africa group region. Formerly commercial and logistics director at the company, Mr Gbotta is a civil engineer with an MBA degree. "I am delighted with the opportunity given to me to manage LafargeHolcim Côte d'Ivoire and to support it in its next phase of growth,” Mr Gbotta said.