People

Colombia: Grupo Argos has appointed Juan Esteban Calle as its president. He will succeed Jorge Mario Velásquez in the role from 1 April 2026.

Calle has worked as the president of Cementos Argos since 2016. Earlier in his career he held positions including Senior Investment Banking Associate at Chase Manhattan Bank, Secretary of Finance of the Department of Antioquia, Director of Foreign Investment at the Proexport Office in Canada and Investment Advisor at the Bank of Montreal. He holds a degree in Business Administration from the Universidad EAFIT and a master’s of business administration (MBA) majoring in Finance and Economics from the University of Chicago.

Portugal: The Technical Cement Industry Association (ATIC) has appointed Pedro Reis as its president. He will do this at the same time as Cevat Mert, the CEO of Cimpor Portugal and Cape Verde. Reis will continue to work as the vice-chair of Cimpor. Reis has a government background having previously worked as the Minister for the Economy and as the chair at AICEP, the Portuguese Agency for Foreign Trade and Investment.

India: Shree Cement has appointed Shailesh Ambastha as its Chief Logistics Officer. He previously held the position of President - Sales for Shree Cement from late 2022. Before this Ambastha worked for ACC from 2014 to 2022 starting in a logistic role before moving to regional sales director jobs.

Uzbekistan: United Cement Group (USG) has appointed Lomanar Eduard-Alexandru as its Technical Director.

Eduard-Alexandru previously worked for Holcim from 2012 to 2025. He started as a Process Technician in 2012 in Slovakia before becoming a Process Engineer. He later held the roles of Process Performance Manager in Russia and Production Manager in Tanzania. He is a graduate in engineering from the University of Oradea in Romania.

Greece: Titan Group has appointed Kostis Dragasakis as its Group Head of Quarries for Raw Materials & ACMs. Before this he was the Group Quarries & Raw Materials Technology Manager from 2014.