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Gaurav Rajput appointed deputy general manager finance and accounts at Dalmia Bharat Group
Written by Global Cement staff
17 January 2024
India: Dalmia Bharat Group has announced its promotion of Gaurav Rajput to the role of deputy general manager finance and accounts. Rajput joined Dalmia Bharat Group from IT company IBM in 2023. He previously worked for LafargeHolcim India and ACC.
Kenny Miller retires from Monarch Cement
Written by Global Cement staff
17 January 2024
US: Monarch Cement announced vice president of cement manufacturing Kenny Miller’s retirement in a posting published on OTC Markets on 15 January 2024. Miller had held his position since April 2014. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Friends University, Kansas.
Severin Weig appointed as head of Ciments du Maroc
Written by Global Cement staff
10 January 2024
Morocco: Ciments du Maroc has appointed Severin Weig as its chief executive officer with effect from 1 February 2024. He will succeed Matteo Rozzanigo in the post, who will become the president of the Northeast-North America Region of Heidelberg Materials Group.
Weig joined Heidelberg Materials in 2012 and has held various corporate treasury roles in Germany before becoming the group’s Director of Treasury, Insurance and Corporate Risk within its German organisation. He was also appointed as a member of the Advisory Council on Sustainable Finance of the German Federal Government in June 2022. Prior to working for Heidelberg Materials Weig held a number of positions in multinational investment banks.
Sergo Vashakidze appointed as Commercial Director Africa & Mediterranean-Western Asia at Heidelberg Materials
Written by Global Cement staff
10 January 2024
Germany: Heidelberg Materials has appointed Sergo Vashakidze as its Commercial Director Africa & Mediterranean-Western Asia. Vashakidze has worked for the group since 2011 in a variety of roles. He became the Deputy General Manager for RMC/AGG operations at HeidelbergCement Kazakhstan in 2014, that country’s Sales and Marketing Director Cement in 2016 and then the Area Commercial Director NEECA (Northern & Eastern Europe - Central Asia) based in Germany in 2021. Prior to this he worked in a variety of banking positions in Georgia and Germany.
Vashakidze holds an undergraduate degree in business administration from the Tbilisi State University and a master’s degree in economics and social studies from the University of Trier.
Dhiren Nayak appointed as Vice President – Works at Toshali Cement
Written by Global Cement staff
10 January 2024
India: Toshali Cement has appointed Dhiren Nayak as its Vice President – Works.
Prior to this, Nayak worked as the plant head of an unspecified cement plant in Odisha in 2023, having earlier worked as a cement sector consultant. He notably held the position of Head of Operations at the Saudi Cement Company in Saudi Arabia from 2013 to 2019 and was a Technical Works Manager at Fujairah Cement Industries in the UAE from 2010. Earlier in his career he worked for FLSmidth, Lafarge Cement, Tata Steel and OCL India.
Toshali Cement operates an integrated plant at Ampavalli in Odisha and a grinding plant at Bayyavaram in Andhra Pradesh.