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Indonesia: Semen Indonesia has appointed Indrieffouny Indra as President Director following its annual general meeting (AGM) held on 23 May 2025. He succeeds Donny Arsal in the role, who had been in post since 2021. Notable roles in Indrieffouny Indra’s employment history include President Director at Semen Padang from 2024 to 2025, Director of Operations at Semen Padang from 2022 to 2024 and Independent Commissioner at Wijaya Karya Beton from 2020 - 2022. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Sriwijaya University and a master of management qualification from Andalas University.

Other appointments confirmed at the AGM include Dicky Saelan as Director of Sales and Marketing, Dennis Pratistha as Director of Business Development and Strategy, Sigit Prastowo as Director of Finance and Risk Management, Hadi Setiadi as Director of Human Capital and Sigit Widyawan as President Commissioner.

India: Grasim Industries has appointed Hemant Kumar Kadel as its Chief Financial Officer. He will start the role on 15 August 2025. He succeeds Pavan Kumar Jain.

Kadel, aged 56 years, originally joined Aditya Birla Group in 1991 as a management trainee. He has worked across multiple businesses in the group, including Aditya Birla Nuvo, Birla White and Grasim CFD. Notable work in the cement sector includes expanding and restructuring the group’s white cement business. He currently heads the Corporate Taxation Function for Grasim Industries, where he oversees taxation, internal audit, risk management and mergers and acquisitions. Kadel is a commerce graduate from the University of Rajasthan with further qualifications from the London Business School, the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, ICFAI University and IIM Ahmedabad.

China: The China Cement Association has elected Zhou Yuxian as its president following a meeting of its representatives.

Zhou has been the chair of China National Building Materials Group (CNBM) since 2021. Earlier in his career he worked for China Reform Holdings, Sinoma, China National Materials Science and Industry Group, China Non-Metal Research Institute of Synthetic Crystals and the Synthetic Crystals Research Institute. He has held leadership positions at several trade associations, including the China Association of Construction Enterprise Management, and is also a visiting practicing professor at the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Central South Mining and Metallurgy College and a master’s degree of engineering from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Wuhan University of Technology.

Belgium: Cembureau, the European Cement Association, has appointed Cliona Cunningham as its Public Affairs & Communications Director. She will lead the association’s public affairs and communications strategy, ensuring coherence between advocacy, narrative and stakeholder engagement.

Cunningham previously worked as the Head of Communications for CER - the Association of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies from 2021 to 2025. Before this she worked for The Association of European Vehicle Logistics from 2013 to 2021. Earlier in her career she worked for Sony. She is a graduate of University College Cork and the University of Siena.

Switzerland: Holcim shareholders have elected Kim Fausing as the Chair of the group’s board of directors, succeeding Jan Jenisch, who will become chair and CEO of the group’s North American spin-off, Amrize. Other appointments include the election of Adolfo Orive and Sven Schneider as new Holcim board members.

Fausing has served on Holcim’s board since 2020. He is CEO of Danfoss, a Denmark-based supplier of heating and cooling, motor and electronics technology, and Deputy Chair of Germany-based SMA Solar Technologies, and previously held senior roles at Liechtenstein-based tooling company Hilti and Denmark-based windows producer VELUX. He holds an Executive Master’s of Business Administration from Henley Business School in the UK and a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Aarhus Tech, Denmark.

Holcim's spin-off of its North American business, Amrize, is scheduled to be completed by the end of June 2025. Amrize shares are due to list on the SIX Swiss Exchange the New York Stock Exchange as AMRZ.

Fausing said “As Chair and CEO of Holcim for over seven years, Jan has made Holcim a leading company in its financial performance, sustainability, innovation and culture. I extend our deep thanks to Jan for his outstanding accomplishments.”