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Saudi Arabia: Al Jouf Cement has appointed Samir Mohammed Al- Rehaili as its CEO. He succeeds Mansour bin Ibrahim Al-Habda, who was appointed as Acting CEO in July 2025.

Al-Ruhaili holds over 20 years of professional experience in operational management, business development and corporate management. Notable roles he has held include Operations Manager of the Moulding Unit at Al-Wataniya Industries, General Manager of Canal Investment Company, General Manager of Al-Tawfiq Plastics Industries and CEO of Al-Tawfiq Group in both Saudi Arabia and Egypt. He has also worked as business consultant at Al-Zamil Investment Group and CEO of Recycling World Company, a subsidiary of Al-Zamil Group. Al-Ruhaili holds an undergraduate degree in industrial and systems engineering from King Saud University.

India: Kanodia Cement has appointed Anurag Srivastava as its CEO, according to the Economic Times newspaper.

Srivastava started his career in telecoms before joining Jaiprakash Associates in 2010. He later became the Business Unit Head - Sales & Marketing for Heidelberg Materials in central India in 2015 before joining Wonder Cement in 2017. He became the Executive Vice President (S&M) at Wonder Cement in 2022. Srivastava holds a PhD in Business, Management, Marketing and Related Drivers from the Faculty of Management Studies and a master’s of business administration from the Indian Institute of Management.

Türkiye: Fatih Yücelik, the chair of the Turkish Cement Manufacturers' Association (Türkçimento) and the CEO of Aşkale Çimento, has died at the age of 46. He was reportedly involved in a road traffic accident, according to the Hürriyet newspaper.

Yücelik worked as a senior executive in the construction sector. He was also the vice chair of the board of directors and chair of the executive board of Erçimsan Holding. He held a number of positions with non-governmental organisations, including that of Eastern Anatolian Honorary Consul to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, deputy chairman of the board of directors of Cement Industry Employers' Union (ÇEİS) and as a board member of Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK).

Portugal: Cimpor has appointed Pedro Reis as its vice chair. He will "support the company's growth strategy across multiple markets and business segments, strengthening its position as a global leader in the cement and construction materials sector," according to the Correio da Manhã newspaper.

Reis previously worked as the Minister for the Economy from 2024 to mid-2025 under the administration of the so-called Democratic Alliance. Notably roles in his career include working as the chair at AICEP, the Portuguese Agency for Foreign Trade and Investment, from 2011 to 2014. He then worked in banking for BCP Group from 2014 to 2021, becoming Head of Institutional Banking at Millennium BCP in 2019. Reis is a graduate of the Católica Portuguesa University and the Harvard Business School.

Oman: Raysut Cement has appointed Khalid Ramis as the General Manager of its Salalah plant and Raashid Ali as its Group Chief Financial Officer.

Khalid Ramis holds over 30 years of experience in the bank, finance and cement industries. He has worked for Raysut Cement since 2019. Before this he held positions with Bank Muscat and BankDhofar.

Raashid Ali holds over 30 years of financial experience in the automative, facilities management, real estate and retail sectors. He has held senior roles at DAMAC, Jumeirah International and Renaissance. He is a chartered accountant.