Cimpor has appointed Mário Lopes as new director of the Alhandra plant. 

Mr Lopes has over 30 years’ experience in the cement sector, starting his career at Cimpor in 1991 as a technician in the manufacturing and packaging service at the plant. Since then, he has managed the Loulé and Alhandra plants as well has representing Cimpor’s industrial leadership in China. 

His career also includes relevant international experience in Group units in Brazil, Egypt, China and Morocco as well as management roles in cement companies in Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and Gabon that broadened his global vision of the industry's challenges.