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Belgium: Carmeuse Group’s lime plant engineering subsidiary TECforLime has appointed Gaetan Ly to the role of head of digital development. Ly previously served as group process engineer since 2014. He has also worked for geotechnical engineering company G-tec. Ly holds a master’s degree in engineering and geotechnical engineering from the University of Liège.

Spain: Holcim Spain has appointed Lucas García and Raúl Lannegrand respectively as the managers of the Sagunto and Carboneras cement plants. García succeeds José Luis Coleto, who is moving to a human resources position.

García has worked for Holcim Spain for over 25 years. He has been the manager of the Jerez de la Frontera plant since 2014. Prior to this he held maintenance and production roles. He holds electrical engineering qualifications from the Technical University of Cartagena and the Polytechnic University of Cartagena,

Lannegrand was previously operations manager of Geocycle, Holcim's industrial waste management subsidiary. He has a degree in chemistry from the Autonomous University of Madrid and a Master's degree in Research in Inorganic Chemistry, Lannegrand has knowledge in the field of construction materials research from three years spent at the Institute of Construction Sciences Eduardo Torroja (CSIC).

US: Markus Schmidt has been appointed as the president and chief executive officer of Beumer Corporation, a subsidiary of Germany-based Beumer Group.

Schmidt joins the company from Swisslog Logistics, where he worked for 25 years. His last position with the logistics company was as President, Swisslog Americas. He holds a diploma from the University of Cologne in Germany and further qualifications from the University of California - Berkeley, the University of Virginia - Darden School of Business and the University of St Gallen in Switzerland.

Switzerland: The board of directors of Holcim intends to propose Jan Jenisch as the group’s chair at its annual general meeting in May 2023. The move follows current chair Beat Hess’ decision not to stand for re-election. Hess was elected to Holcim’s board of directors in 2010 and became its chair in 2016. Jenisch has been the chief executive officer (CEO) of Holcim since 2017 and a member of the board of directors since 2021. He was previously the CEO of Sika from 2012.

Australia: AdBri has appointed Mark Irwin as its chief executive officer (CEO). He took the position on an interim basis in October 2022 following the departure of Nick Miller. Irwin has previously worked for a number of Australia-based industrial companies including OZ Minerals, BHP, Asciano, Transfield and GrainCorp.