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UK: Stephen Eastick has re-joined Vortex Global. In his new role he will be responsible for the oversight of sales and rep groups throughout Europe. Previously, Eastick was a member of the Vortex Global internal sales team from 2011 to 2015. In that time, he was tasked with managing Asian markets. Most recently, he was employed as an external salesperson for Eclipse Magnetics.

Spain: Casimiro Molins Ribot, the chairman of producer Cementos Molins, has died at the age of 97 years. He had been a member of the board of directors of Cementos Molins for 71 years, where he occupied various executive positions, according to the Expansión newspaper. Casimiro Molins Ribot graduated in Law from the University of Barcelona. In 1945 he was named director and secretary at the board, in 1972 he took the post of chief executive officer (CEO) and since 1986 he has been the chairman of the company.

US: Martin Marietta Materials has appointed James AJ Nickolas as its new chief financial officer (CFO) with effect from mid-August 2017. He will also become a Senior Vice President and will report to C Howard Nye, chairman, president and chief executive officer (CEO). He replaces Anne H Lloyd who is set to retire in September 2017.

Nickolas, aged 46 years, joins Martin Marietta from Caterpillar where he currently serves as the head of Corporate Development. Previously, as Group Chief Financial Officer of Caterpillar’s Resources Industries segment, he was responsible for financial planning and reporting, internal controls, compliance and M&A activity. Before joining Caterpillar in 2008, Nickolas was Executive Director at JP Morgan Securities where he worked on originating and executing debt and equity capital raising and mergers and acquisitions. He began his professional career as a Certified Public Accountant at Coopers & Lybrand where he was a senior tax associate. He holds a BS degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and both an MBA in Finance and a JD degree from the University of Chicago.

Lloyd, aged 56 years, joined Martin Marietta in 1998 as Vice President and Controller. She was named Chief Accounting Officer in 1999 and was promoted to CFO in 2005. She was named Executive Vice President in 2009. As CFO, she has led the financial areas of Martin Marietta, including financial reporting, accounting, internal audit, investor relations, tax and treasury.

France: LafargeHolcim has appointed Heike Faulhammer as Group Head of Research & Development with effect from 1 July 2017. She will be based at the group’s global research and development (R&D) centre near Lyon, France.

Faulhammer, aged 50 years, joins LafargeHolcim from Arkema, a French chemicals producer, where she has spent 20 years in research, production, product innovation-related functions and sustainable development. In particular, she acted as a Director at Arkema’s global R&D centre in Lacq. Faulhammer graduated from the University of Freiburg (Germany) and holds a PhD in Chemistry.

Saudi Arabia: Hail Cement has appointed Abdul Aziz Bin Saad Al Saud as its chairman. The move follows the resignation of Saud Bin Abdul Mohsen Al Saud in the role, according to Reuters.