Denmark: FLSmidth has appointed Tamer Eid as the new president for the Australia region, with effect from 14 September 2020, and Claudio Garcia Bernal as president for the South America region. The group also announced that Ramanathan (Ram) Chandran, who was appointed president for the Subcontinental India region in August 2020, will start his role on 4 September 2020.
Tamer Eid has held various senior executive and technical roles in the mining and oil and gas sectors including working with Weir in the US and UK and in various senior roles within Outotec. He holds an MBA and a degree in mechanical engineering. He will be based out of FLSmidth’s Welshpool facility in Perth, Australia.
Claudio Garcia Bernal previously served as acting president for the South America region since April 2020. Ramanathan Chandran joins FLSmdith from Minerals Technologies Inc. where he was Vice President (Minteq Asia) & MD (Minerals Technologies India).