UK: British Rema has appointed Tony Goodwin as its Group Managing Director. He holds 30 years of experience in industrial powder processing and handling. He was previously the managing director of Oliver Valves. Prior to this he spent much of his career working for Kemutec and related companies, firstly in engineering roles and then in operations.

British Rema Group comprises three divisions: British Rema Process Equipment; British Rema Processing; and British Rema Rotary Engineering. The three companies provide powder processing equipment, contract processing and rotary engineering services to the mineral, chemical and recycling industries.

UK: Carbon8 has appointed Paul Drennan-Durose as its chief executive officer (CEO). He succeeds John Pilkington, who becomes the non-executive chair.
Drennan-Durose holds experience in the sustainable energy sector with both public and private companies, including private equity and venture capital. He previously worked as the CEO of Ineo Partners, Powerhouse Energy Group and Heliex Power. Before this he was the managing director of Poole Process Equipment for seven years in the 2010s. Other roles of note include that of Group Commercial Director - Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific for SMP Europe and the managing director of PLW and Fiamm Energy Technology.

Carbon8 is a UK-based company that supplies carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) equipment. Its main investors include EDF Pulse Ventures and Vicat. Notable corporate achievements include deploying its technology at Vicat’s Montalieu-Vercieu cement plant in France, at an EFW plant in the Netherlands and establishing business partnerships with FLSmidth and Return Carbon.

Nigeria: Lafarge Africa has appointed Lolu Alade-Akinyemi as its group managing director and chief executive officer with effect from 1 July 2023. He succeeds Khaled El-Dokani, who has been in post since 2020. Following his resignation El-Dokani will continue to work as a non-executive director of the company.

Alade-Akinyemi previously worked as the chief financial officer and the supply chain director of Lafarge Africa. Before joining the cement producer in 2014, he was the finance director for PZ Cussons Nigeria. Prior to this he worked for Coca-Cola Company for 16 years with positions in finance, business development, supply chain and sales in the UK, Belgium, Ghana and Nigeria. Alade-Akinyemi started his career as a trainee at ExxonMobil. He is a certified accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Essex and a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from the Edinburgh Business School in the UK.

Ireland: Ecocem has appointed Jaouad Nadah as its Innovation Project Manager. He will be responsible for the coordination of the company’s ACT technology as it scales up development. This will include supporting a range of partnerships under development by Ecocem across Europe and beyond. Nadah previously worked for CRH-subsidiary Eqiom and Holcim, with a focus on innovation in the low carbon cement market. Ecocem launched ACT in late 2022. It says it is an alternative materials-based cement ingredient capable of reducing the CO₂ emissions of cement production by up to 70%.