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India: Adani Cement has appointed Praveen Garg appointed as its Chief Logistics Officer. He previously worked for Vicat for over a decade in a variety of logistics roles. Before this he worked for ACC in logistics and shipping positions. Garg is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta and the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur.

Oman: Oman Cement has appointed Xu Gang, Chen Qian, Ian Riley and Li Yeqing as temporary board members following its acquisition by China-based Huaxin Cement. The new personnel will remain in place until the company’s next ordinary general meeting. Former chair Rashid Sultan Al Hashmi and board members Mohammed Sulaiman Al Salmi, Mohammed Abdullah Al Harthi and Sami Abdullah Al Sinani have also resigned.

Li Yeqing is the chief executive officer (CEO), secretary of the party committee and senior engineer at Huaxin Group. He holds a bachelor degree in engineering, a master’s degree in engineering and a Ph.D in business administration. He joined Huaxin Cement in 1987. He also works as the vice chair of the China Building Materials Federation and China Cement Association, and chair of the Hubei Building Materials Federation. He previously held the post of executive vice chair of the Sixth Council of China Building Materials Federation.

Xu Gang is the vice president of the Huaxin Cement. He has worked in various management roles for cement companies such as safety engineer and technical manager. He has also worked as a director for Lafarge and Huaxin Cement. Xu Gang holds a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from Tsinghua University, a bachelor’s degree in safety engineering from the China University of Geosciences and a bachelor's degree in financial management from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

Ian Riley is the head of the World Cement Association. Prior to this, he held various positions such as an executive director of Tianqiao International (Shanghai) Consulting Company, the president of Asilinko Information Technology (Shanghai), the general manager of SIP (Shanghai), Information Director and the assistant and the vice president to the Xeroc. He also served as the head of Holcim Group's China region. Riley holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in engineering from the University of Cambridge.

Chen Qian is the vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) of Huaxin Group. Previously he held positions in various financial positions including senior auditor, senior consultant and CFO for several companies. Chan Qian is a Chinese Certified Public Accountant and a fellow member of the Chartered Global Management Accountant. He holds a bachelor's degree in world economics from Fudan University and a master's degree in business administration from the Anderson School of Business in the US.

Mexico: Cooperativa La Cruz Azul has removed director José Alfredo Álvarez Cuevas from his position and terminated his membership in the cooperative. ESPN News has reported that Mario Sánchez Álvarez, Eduardo Borrell Rodríguez and Ramsés Dolores Anguiano also received exclusions from the cement company.

Cooperativa La Cruz Azul’s ordinary general assembly established that the four former employees had ‘improperly exercised their positions’ and ‘availed themselves to commission of acts of corruption.’

Switzerland: Holcim has appointed Rodolfo Vargas Pedroza as Group Expert Geology. He previously worked as Group Lead Geology for the company from 2018. He has worked for Holcim Group since 2018 and other prior positions include Lead Geologist and Senior Mining Engineer. Before this he was the Head of Geology and Mining for Cemex from 2001 to 2011 and the Geology and Mining Manager for Cemex Colombia in the late 1990s. Vargas Pedroza is a graduate in geology from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

UK: Germany-based Aumund Group has appointed Martin Dummigan as the managing director of its Samson Materials Handling subsidiary. He succeeds Dale Lockley in the post.

Dummigan holds a master’s degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Queen’s University in Belfast. He started his career in 1990 as a research and development engineer. Over the next 30 years he has held numerous manufacturing and corporate management positions at companies including Telestack and Terex in various countries including China, the US, Japan and South Africa. His last position was as the Group Vice President of Operations for Astec Material Solutions. He is also a co-founder of the Spadetown Brewery based in Northern Ireland.