Zimbabwe: PPC Zimbabwe has appointed Albert Sigei as its managing director from the start of 2024. He succeeds Kelibone Masiyane in the post, according to the Chronicle newspaper. Masiyane was appointed as the managing director of the subsidiary of South-Africa based PPC in 2016, having joined the company in 1994 as a trainee electrical engineer at the Colleen Bawn Plant.
Sigei is currently PPC’s Head of Strategic Initiatives, a post he has held since February 2023. Before this he was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Cimerwa PPC in Rwanda from 2000. He worked for over 17 years for LafargeHolcim and its subsidiaries becoming the CEO of LafargeHolcim Malawi from 2016 to 2019 and the chief operations officer of the East African Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) in Kenya in 2015. Earlier in his career he worked for PriceWaterhousCoopers. A graduate in mechanical engineering from the University of Nairobi, Sigei holds a number of qualifications in accountancy and business.