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Poland: Holcim Polska has appointed Marek Michalski as Chief Operating Officer for Industry.

Michalski has worked for Holcim and related companies since 2000. He worked as the plant manager of Lafarge Canada’s Richmond cement plant from 2023 to 2025. Before this he was the plant manager of Holcim Polska’s Kujawy cement plant from 2018 to 2023. Michalski worked for Geocycle in 2017 and 2018. Prior to this he held positions with Lafarge, mostly in Poland, from 2000 to 2014. He notably became the plant manager of the Lwów cement plant in Ukraine in 2012 and 2013. Michalski holds a master’s degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology and a master’s in business administration qualification from the Warsaw University of Technology.

US: Fortera has appointed Sandy Clancy as Chief Projects Officer and John Dotson as General Counsel.

Clancy previously worked as General Manager of Project Delivery at JERA Americas. He has also held roles in the US, Canada and Singapore with Ormat Technologies, Wood, PTTEP, Coogee Chemicals, Canadian Natural Resources and Husky Energy.

Dotson holds over 25 years of corporate legal experience. He recently worked as Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary at HDT Global, and previously held roles at Chevron and Raytheon.

US-based Fortera is a low-carbon cement manufacturer with a plant in Redding, California. Its ReCarb technology turns industrial CO₂ into cement.

Belgium: FEBELCEM, the Federation of the Belgian Cement Industry, has elected Morgan Malecotte as its president. He succeeds Christoph Streicher in the post. The appointment has a duration of two years.

Malecotte is currently the CEO of Holcim Belgium and has been in this position since late 2022. Prior to this he worked for Arkema in management roles from 2014 to 2022. He eventually became its general manager France – BU Construction & Consumer Adhesive. Earlier in his career he worked for the chemicals company Henkel from 2002 to 2014. He holds an bachelor's degree in marketing and management from the Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, a master’s degree in the same subject from OMNES Education and an executive master’s of business administration (MBA) from INSEAD.

Belgium: Cembureau, the European Cement Association, has elected Jon Morrish as its president and José Antonio Cabrera as its vice president. They will serve in the positions for a two-year term.

Morrish has been the CEO for Heidelberg Materials in Europe since 2024 and a member of its managing board. He joined Hanson in 1999 and became a member of the group’s managing board in 2016. He was the head of the North America Group area until early 2020 and then took on responsibility for the Western and Southern Europe Group. He holds an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of Leeds and a master’s of business administration (MBA) qualification from the Cranfield School of Management.

Antonio Cabrera is the president of Cemex Europe, Middle East & Africa. He joined Cemex in 2000. Notable positions include president for Cemex in Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Haiti, Vice President of Strategic Planning for Cemex in the Asia, Middle East and Africa region. He started his professional career at Cemex in cement operations. He holds a undergraduate degree in physics from La Laguna University in Spain and an MBA from the IE Business School.

Tunisia: The Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Energy has announced that Souheil Arfaoui has been appointed as the CEO of Ciments de Bizerte, according to the La Presse de Tunisie newspaper. He previously worked as Administrative and Financial Director at the Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation. The government is the majority owner of the cement producer.