Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad Cement has appointed Francisco Aguilera Mendoza as its chief executive officer (CEO) with effect from 1 December 2020. He succeeds Joe Luis Seijo Gonzalez. Aguilera Mendoza currently serves as deputy chairman and is a member of the board of directors of the company. He will continue in both of these roles.

Seijo Gonzalez has been in post since mid-2015. He will take up a new post with parent company Cemex.

Saudi Arabia: Southern Province Cement has appointed Aqeel bin Fateis bin Saeed Kadsa as its chief executive officer (CEO). He was assigned to the position in July 2020. He holds a degree from the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals and joined Southern Province Cement in 1997. Most recently he worked as the Executive Vice President for Manufacturing Services.

India: Dalmia Bharat Group has appointed Rajiv Bansal as a Senior Executive Director in the managing director’s office. The company said that he would work with Puneet Dalmia, managing director, and Mahendra Singhi, managing director and chief executive officer (CEO), to ‘strengthen our existing goals and strategies and in formulating and implementing newer initiatives that align with the long term goals and vision of the company.’

Bansal joins Dalmia Bharat Group from DXC Technology, an IT services company, where he served as the chief financial officer (CFO) for America. Prior to DXC, he was the CFO of Ola (ANI Technologies), an India-based mobility platform and ride-hailing companies. Before joining Ola, he was the Global CFO of Infosys, an India-based IT services company. He holds over 26 years of experience across various industries including power generation, telecoms, IT services and internet start-ups. Bansal holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Calcutta University and is a chartered accountant and a cost accountant.

Ireland: Ecocem Group has appointed John Reddy as Group Quality and Innovation Application Manager. In the new role he will lead a growing technical team across Europe including Ireland, UK, Sweden, Benelux and France. He is tasked with developing the product pipeline for the group and assisting with product commercialisation across Europe.

Conor O’Riain, Group Managing Director said, “His undeniable commitment to Ecocem and the cement industry is unquestionable and this new role signifies the growth of Ecocem products across Europe. His appointment marks his advocacy to improving the standard of ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) cement production across the industry”.

Reddy joined Ecocem Ireland in 2004 and has worked for the group in various technical roles. He is a chartered engineer and is a graduate of Civil Engineering from the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) and holds an MSc in Advanced Concrete Technology from Queens University, Belfast. His master’s thesis ‘Investigating the thermal activation of GGBS concrete’ was published at the 9th International Concrete Conference and subsequently won the Irish Concrete Society, Sean DeCourcy student award in 2017.