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Göktuğ Aktaş appointed as Director - Africa, Mediterranean and West Asia at Heidelberg Materials
Written by Global Cement staff
24 January 2024
Germany: Heidelberg Materials has appointed Göktuğ Aktaş as its Director - Africa, Mediterranean and West Asia. He previously worked as the Performance Manager (Northern and Eastern Europe-Central Asia) for the group from late 2018. Prior to this he worked for Türkiye-based Akçansa from 2011 in quality management roles becoming Country Production and Quality Manager (RMC & Aggregates) in 2017. Aktaş is a graduate in science and civil engineering from the Istanbul Technical University and the University of Buffalo in the US. He also holds an administration in business administration (MBA) qualification from Istanbul University.
Arda Aba appointed as Purchasing Group Manager at Çimsa
Written by Global Cement staff
24 January 2024
Türkiye: Çimsa has appointed Arda Aba as a Purchasing Group Manager. He has worked for the cement company in purchasing and investment roles since 2015. Before this he held a number of similar roles in the automotive industry with positions at Pimsa Adler and Ford Otosan. He holds a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Istanbul Technical University and Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi respectively.
Matthew Sutton appointed head of Charah Solutions
Written by Global Cement staff
24 January 2024
US: Charah Solutions has appointed Matthew Sutton as its chief executive officer (CEO). He will report to the company’s executive chair Curt Morgan.
Sutton holds over 30 years of management experience from various environmental, engineering and consulting companies. He worked as the president of CH2M’s environmental and nuclear management business, the CEO of global environmental services at AECOM and executive vice president of Arcadis Environmental. He also spent time as the Senior Vice President of ehsAI, an environmental, health and safety compliance machine learning start-up and, most recently, as president and CEO of Matrix Solutions, an environmental and engineering consulting company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of New Hampshire.
Warren East becomes new chair of C-Capture
Written by Global Cement staff
17 January 2024
UK: C-Capture has appointed Warren East as its new chair. East was previously CEO of automobiles producer Rolls-Royce and computing company ARM Holdings. C-Capture says that East will bring almost 40 years’ experience in commercialising innovative technologies to its own efforts to develop a scalable, modular model for carbon capture. East is a chartered engineer and holds an engineering degree from Oxford University and a CBE for services to engineering and technology.
C-Capture CEO Tom White said “I am absolutely delighted to announce that Warren will be joining us. His wealth of experience in commercialising novel technologies along with his commitment to the energy transition is a true asset to the company at a critical period in our growth. His expertise in successfully scaling and transforming businesses will be invaluable as we move forward with the commercialisation of our unique technology and expand our investor base.”
Warren East said “I am excited to be joining the team at this pivotal point and to work with the management to scale the business. C-Capture’s carbon capture technology has all the elements needed to break through the barriers currently preventing widespread adoption of this critical technology for the world to achieve Net Zero.”
Gaurav Rajput appointed deputy general manager finance and accounts at Dalmia Bharat Group
Written by Global Cement staff
17 January 2024
India: Dalmia Bharat Group has announced its promotion of Gaurav Rajput to the role of deputy general manager finance and accounts. Rajput joined Dalmia Bharat Group from IT company IBM in 2023. He previously worked for LafargeHolcim India and ACC.