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Changes to management team at Ube Machinery
Written by Global Cement staff
08 April 2020
Japan: Ube Machinery has made changes to its management team with effect from 1 April 2020. Hiroaki Furuya has been appointed as Managing Executive Officer. His previous role as Director & Executive Officer has been filled by Michiharu Takeda. Ube Machinery manufactures a range of products for the cement industry, including mills, kilns and dryers. Its parent company Ube also produces cement from its own plants.
Masood Karim Shaikh appointed as director at Lucky Cement
Written by Global Cement staff
08 April 2020
Pakistan: Lucky Cement has appointed Masood Karim Shaikh as an independent director following the resignation of Mohammad Javed Iqbal at the end of March 2020. Shaikh also takes Iqbal’s position as chairman of the company’s Resource and Remuneration Committee. He will remain in post as a director for the remaining term of the board.
Cemex adds additional responsibilities to senior management team
Written by Global Cement staff
01 April 2020
Mexico: Cemex has added responsibility for the Philippines, Israel, Egypt and the UAE to Sergio Mauricio Menendez Medina with his appointment as the president of Cemex Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia (EMEAA). He will continue to remain the president for Cemex in Europe
Jesus Vicente Gonzalez Herrera, current president for Cemex in South, Central America and the Caribbean (SCAC), will also oversee Cemex’s Global Trading activities, in addition to his current responsibilities.
Kari Liuska appointed as chief executive officer of Tana
Written by Global Cement staff
01 April 2020
Finland: Tana has appointed Kari Liuska as its chief executive officer (CEO) with effect from 1 May 2020. Present CEO and owner Kari Kangas will continue as chairman of the board.
Liuska will transfer to Tana from Etteplan Oyj, where he worked as a Senior Vice President in Software and Embedded Solutions. Liuska has worked in Etteplan's management positions since 2016 and before that as managing director of Espotel.
Kangas, the owner-CEO of Tana Oy, will become the full-time chairman of the board. A smooth transition is anticipated as Liuska has been a member of the board of Tana for around one year.
Tana is a waste management company that produces landfill compactors, waste shredders and waste screening technologies.
Kenneth Capes re-elected CEO of Metier Mixed Concrete and Sephaku Holdings executive director
Written by Global Cement staff
25 March 2020
South Africa: The board of Sephaku Holdings, owner of Sephaku Cement and 36% owner of Nigeria-based Dangote Cement, has re-elected Kenneth Capes as chief executive officer (CEO) of Métier Mixed Concrete. The board also re-elected Capes as an executive director of Sephaku Holdings, a position he first attained in 2013. He co-founded Métier in 2007.