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Saudi Arabia: Saudi Cement has appointed Khalid Abdulrahman Al-Rajhi as the chair of its board of directors. The term started at the beginning of January 2022 and has a duration of three years to the end of 2024. Other appointments include Mohammed Abdulkarim Al-Khereiji as vice-chairman and Mohammed Ali Al-Garni as secretary of the board of directors.

Zimbabwe: Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe appointed Geoffrey Ndugwa as chief executive officer (CEO) in mid-December 2021. He succeeds Precious Murena, who stepped down in September 2021.

Ndugwa was previously the CEO for Lafarge Malawi from late 2019. He brings experience in the cement industry spanning over 17 years working in various capacities across Africa. Some of his notable appointments include being the Commercial Director for Bamburi Group in Kenya, the General Manager Innovation and Marketing for Lafarge WAPCO Nigeria, the General Manager for Bamburi Special Products in Kenya, the Head of Business Support for Barclays Bank of Uganda and the Sales Manager for Hima Cement in Uganda.

Ndugwa holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from Heriot-Watt University in the UK, a post graduate diploma in marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing in the UK and a Civil Engineering degree from the University of East London.

Pakistan: Fauji Cement has renewed Qamar Haris Manzoor as its managing director and chief executive officer (CEO). His current term will last three years until mid-December 2024. Qamar Haris Manzoor was first appointed as the head of the cement company in mid-2020.

Qamar Haris Manzoor holds over 33 years of experience in plant and project management. He started his career with ICI managing its soda ash plant operations subsequently working for Lotte Chemical, amongst other roles, where he eventually became its director of manufacturing. He later became the CEO of El Paso Technology Pakistan before following this with other leading roles at Hawa Energy and Naveena Group. He holds a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in the US in addition to management qualifications.

Saudi Arabia: Hail Cement has elected Abdul Malik Khaled Al-Rajhi as its chair. Abdul Aziz Majed Abdullah Al Kasabi has been appointed as the vice-chair and Fahad Musaad Al Rasheedi as secretary to the board of directors. Each position is for a duration of three years until November 2024.

Germany: Beumer Group has formally announced Bodo Schlenker as its Divisional Director Software Solutions. He has been in post since April 2021.

Schlenker started his career at a software company for automation and warehouse management systems. He then worked for logistics company Vanderlande for around 20 years, where he rose to become its Operations Director. From 2017 to early 2021 he worked as the Senior Director of Corporate Product Strategy for Kion Group, a manufacturer and supplier of forklift trucks and warehouse technology as well as supply chain solutions.