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Bolivia: Itacamba Cementos has appointed Marcelo Morales as its general manager.

Morales previously worked as the chief financial officer and head of procurement for the cement producer since 2015. Before this he held a variety of roles in Brazil for Votorantim Cimentos including finance, strategy and marketing roles. He was also the head of the company’s lime business for a period. Morales holds a qualification in business administration and a master’s degree in business administration.

Brazil: Votorantim Cimentos has appointed Marcos Electo Figueiredo Garcia as its General Manager of Logistics Efficiency.

Figueiredo Garcia has worked for Votorantim Cimentos since 2013 in a variety of supply chain and logistic roles. Most recently he held the post of Supply Chain Manager since 2019. He holds an engineering degree from the Universidade Federal da Bahia.

Democratic Republic of Congo: Heidelberg Materials has appointed Abderrahim Touile as the plant manager of its Lukala cement plant, operated by local subsidiary Cimenterie de Lukala.

Touile previously worked as the Industry Director for Vicat in Mauritania. He also worked as production manager for Ciments de l'Afrique (CIMAF) in Burkina Faso. Before these roles he held production roles with Lafarge in Morocco and South Africa between 2002 and 2015. Amongst other business and management qualification, Touile holds as master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from the Sorbonne Business School in France.

Germany: The German Cement Works Association (VDZ) has appointed Kristina Fleiger as the head of its new Climate-neutral Process Technology department. Stefan Schäfer has become the head of Environment and Industrial Engineering department. Both posts report to Volker Hoenig, who retains his position as the managing director of the VDZ.

Fleiger has worked for the VDZ in project management and engineering roles since 2011.

Schäfer was previously the VDZ’s Deputy Head of Environment and Plant Technology. He has worked for the VDZ since 1999.

Germany: Beumer Group has appointed Kay Wieczorek as the Head of its Center of Competence (COC) Product Business. The division is responsible for the Cement, Building Materials, Chemicals and FMCG divisions. He succeeds Norbert Stemich, who has been appointed as the chief strategy officer of Beumer Machinery (Shanghai) in China.

Kay Wieczorek has worked for Beumer Group since 2014. Most recently he was responsible for cement division sales. He holds a degree in Sales Engineering and Product Management from the Ruhr University in Bochum.