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Oman: The Financial Services Authority has reconstituted the board of directors of Raysut Cement. It has appointed Shabib Mohammed Al Darmaki as its chair with Naser Jumaa Al Zadjali, Badr Awad Al Shanfari, Ali Rashid Ali Al Shuhi and Abdulhameed Ahmed Al Balushi as members. The new board is intended to follow the role of the previous board by completing the “reorganisation and restructuring of the company and fine-tune its governance to ensure stability of its financial and operational positions to correct its path to ensure sustainable performance and protect the interest of all the shareholders and enhance the stability of the market.”

In December 2022 the Capital Market Authority (CMA) replaced the board of directors of Raysut Cement and appointed a temporary one following a financial audit. This followed the CMA publicly questioning the validity of the company’s third quarter results in 2022 when it detected ‘material misrepresentation.’

Morocco: The Moroccan Cement Association (APC) has elected Said El Hadi as its president. He succeeds Khalid Cheddadi in the role, according to Les Echo newspaper. El Hadi is the president of LafargeHolcim Maroc. The APC represents cement producers in the country including Asment Temara, Atlas Cements, Ciments du Maroc, LafargeHolcim Maroc and Novacim. The members of the association operate 14 plants with a production capacity of over 24Mt/yr.

Nigeria: Mathew Philip retires as the Deputy Group Managing Director of Dangote Cement. He has also left the company’s board of directors. He spent two years in the post. No successor has been announced.

Philip holds over 35 years of experience in the cement industry. Prior to working for Dangote Cement, he was Head of Cement Manufacturing Excellence for LafargeHolcim APAC region. He also worked as the Chief Manufacturing Officer for India-based ACC in the late 2010s. Before this he worked for Lafarge in a variety of roles and countries including Director - Performance and Progress in Kuala Lumpur and Relations Director in China. He originally started his career working as a process engineer for ACC. He is a chemical engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Madras.

Nigeria: BUA Cement has appointed Chikezie Ajaero as its Acting Chief Financial Director (CFO). He succeeds Jacques Piekarski in the full post of CFO.

Ajaero has worked as the Finance Director of BUA Cement’s Obu plant since 2020. He is an accountant with a master’s of business administration from the University of Lagos. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and holds over 25 years of experience in financial reporting and control.

Ireland: Ecocem has appointed Sally Anne Sherry as the Managing Director for its UK and Ireland business operations. She succeeds Susan McGarry in the post, who has become the group’s Director of Public Affairs and Sustainability.

Sherry holds around two decades of experience in the property sector and has worked as a non-executive director for several companies. Notably she worked as a Director and General Counsel for property development and investment company Bartra from 2015 to 2023. She holds legal qualifications from the University of Galway.