France: Holcim has appointed Xavier Guesnu as the CEO of Lafarge France. He succeeds François Petry, who is leaving the group.
Guesnu started his international career at Legrand before joining Bain & Company in 2005. He joined Lafarge in 2010 as the head of strategic business development and mergers and acquisitions. Operational management roles followed first in eastern Canada as managing director from 2013, then as the managing director of Holcim Poland from 2018. He holds an engineering degree from the École des Mines de Paris.