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Denmark: The board of directors of FLSmidth has nominated current vice chairman Tom Knutzen as the new chair of the board and Mads Nipper as vice chair. Knutzen will succeed Vagn Sørensen as chair. Sørensen has decided to step down as chair of the board of FLSmidth since his election in 2011. He has decided not to seek re-election. Both nominations will be voted upon at the company’s annual general meeting in late March 2022.

Knutzen has been a member of FLSmidth’s board of directors since 2012 and is the current vice chair. He is also chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee. His career includes his current role as chief executive officer (CEO) of Jungbunzlauer Suisse, from which he has resigned effective end April 2022, CEO of Danisco, CEO of NKT Holding and non-executive board positions with Nordea Bank, Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker and Tivoli.

Nipper is the current CEO of the multinational power company Ørsted, which develops, constructs and operates offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms, energy storage facilities, renewable hydrogen and green fuels facilities and bioenergy plants. He brings an international background to FLSmidth including renewable energy, energy efficiency, water management and water conservation. As a member of World Economic Forum's Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders, he leads the Power Working Group. He is also co-chair of the roundtable of hydrogen production under the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance and is vice chair of the international food company Danish Crown.

Thailand: Germany-based Schmersal has appointed Passara Hongwisat as the managing director of Schmersal Thailand. She has 18 years of professional experience in sales and channel management for information technology and industrial products and worked in the automation industry for five years. Hongwisat studied Electronic Engineering at King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok.

Schmersal Thailand was founded in Bangkok in 2019 as a subsidiary of the Schmersal Group and focuses on sales and marketing activities to increase the supply of products for machine safety in Thailand.

US: Lindner Recyclingtech America has appointed Brent Moncrief as its National Sales and Corporate Account Manager for the US West Coast and Michelle Wilshire as its new Operations Manager at its headquarters in Statesville, North Carolina. Moncrief will work on consulting with clients on the company’s portfolio of industrial shredding products to large, multi-location waste handling and processing sites while also supporting Lindner’s participation with industry associations and events.

Russia: Soyuzcement, the national cement manufacturing union, has appointed Vyacheslav Shmatov as its chair. He is currently the general director of Eurocement Group and has worked in the cement industry for over 11 years. He was previously the head of BaselCement.

Germany: BWF Envirotec has appointed Nikolai Beranek as the managing director for its EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) area and South America. He succeeds Thomas Chodora in the role, who will now manage human resources on an interim basis.

Beranek has worked for BWF Group for over six years in various management positions. As Director Human Resources he was responsible for human resources and he also worked in controlling.

Chodora was previously in charge of human resources at BWF Group from 2008 to 2016. He has held management positions as managing director at BWF Profiles, responsible for plastic products and thermoformed parts, and BWF Envirotec.