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Germany: Heidelberg Materials has appointed Katharina Beumelburg as its Chief Sustainability & New Technologies Officer. She succeeds Nicola Kimm, who will leave the company on 31 August 2024. Beumelburg will take up her position on 1 October 2024.

Beumelburg joins Heidelberg Materials from SLB (formerly Schlumberger), where she has worked as the Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer since May 2021. Previously, she spent over 15 years at Siemens, Siemens Energy, and Hydrogen Europe, focusing on business strategy and excellence as well as energy systems. She has studied Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and holds a PhD in Robotics and Automation from the University of Stuttgart.

Italy: The Italian cement association Federbeton has appointed Stefano Gallini as its president. He succeeds Roberto Callieri in the position.

Gallini is currently the CEO of Heidelberg Materials Italia, a role he assumed at the start of 2024. Before this he was the West African Region Managing Director for Heildelberg Materials and the Managing Director for Sierra Leone. Gallini previously worked for Italcementi from 2000 to 2017 becoming the company’s Chief Commercial Officer Egypt in 2010.

Spain: Votorantim Cimentos Spain has appointed Carmen Boulet as Director of Sustainability, Strategy and New Businesses. She previously worked for McKinsey & Company as an Engagement Manager before working for Google in Spain as Strategic Partner Manager Lead and later becoming the Strategy Director for Clarity AI. Boulet holds a master of engineering degree from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas and a master of business administration qualification from the Columbia Business School.

US: Giant Cement Holding (GCH) has appointed Michael Greto as its Vice President of Supply Chain.

Greto joined GCH’s cement division in 2008 and previously worked as the company’s Director Of Logistics from 2019. He holds an undergraduate degree in transportation economics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Advanced Studies APICS Certifications in Supply Chain Management from Villanova University.

GCH, a subsidiary of Fortaleza Materiales, consolidates US-based cement companies Giant Cement, Keystone Cement, Dragon Products and energy recovery operations through Giant Resource Recovery.

India: Christian Pfeiffer has appointed Krishna Mohan Gundapaneni as its Area Sales Manager for South East Asia.

Gundapaneni previously worked for FLSmidth in India from 2008 in a variety of sales roles starting as its Deputy General Manager - Project Sales. He became the equipment supplier’s Area Sales Manager - Pyro & Grinding - Capital Products at the start of 2024. Prior to working for FLSmidth he was the Deputy Manager – Marketing for Fives Cail KCP. He holds a bachelor of technology in mechanical engineering from the Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College and a master of business administration from Andhra University.