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Türkiye: OYAK Çimento has appointed Turhan Erkayiram as the Plant Director of the Bolu cement plant.

Erkayiram previously worked as the plant manager of the İskenderun plant. Before this he held production manager roles with the company. Earlier in his career he worked for Vicat Group Türkiye, Limak Group and Aşkale Cement. He is a graduate in chemical engineering from Atatürk University.

India: Ambuja Cements has appointed Vinod Bahety as its CEO for a three-year term. He succeeds Ajay Kapur in the post, who has been appointed as the company’s managing director. Other personnel changes include the appointment of Rakesh Tiwary as chief financial officer (CFO), Madhavi Isanaka as Chief Digital Officer, Vaibhav Dixit as Head of Manufacturing and Ashwin Raikundaliya as Chief Sustainability Officer.

Bahety has worked as the company’s CFO since mid-2022. He holds over 25 years of experience in various management positions in the manufacturing and finance sectors. Before joining the cement industry, he was the Group Head for Merger & Acquisition at Adani Group. He holds qualifications as a chartered accountant and a cost and works accountant.

Mexico: Changes to Cemex’s regional management started on 1 April 2025 following the appointment of Jaime Muguiro as new group CEO. Jesus Gonzalez has been appointed as president of Cemex USA, Sergio Menendez as president of Cemex Mexico, Jose Antonio Cabrera as president of Cemex Europe, Middle East, and Africa and Alejandro Ramirez as president of Cemex South, Central America, and the Caribbean.

Jesús González joined Cemex in 1998 and has held several management positions, including Corporate Director of Strategic Planning, Vice President of Strategic Planning in Cemex USA, President of Cemex Central America, President of Cemex UK, Executive Vice President of Sustainability and Operations Development and, most recently, President of Cemex South, Central America and the Caribbean. He holds a master’s degree in naval engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and a master’s of business administration (MBA) from IESE - University of Navarra, Barcelona.

Sergio Menéndez has worked for Cemex since 1993. Prominent roles he has held include Director of Planning and Logistics in Asia, Corporate Director of Commercial Development, President of Cemex Philippines, Vice President of Strategic Planning for the Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia region, President of Cemex Egypt, Vice President of Infrastructure Segment and Government Sales in Mexico, Vice President of Distribution Segment Sales in Mexico and most recently, President of Cemex Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia. He holds an undergraduate degree in industrial engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey and an MBA from Stanford University.

José Antonio Cabrera joined Cemex in 2000 and started in cement operation roles. He has since worked as President for Cemex in Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Haiti, as well as Vice President of Strategic Planning for Cemex in the Asia, Middle East and Africa region. He holds an undergraduate degree in physics from La Laguna University in Spain and an MBA from the IE Business School.

Alejandro Ramírez has worked for Cemex since 2000 starting in strategic planning roles. He later became President for Cemex in Colombia & Peru, Dominican Republic, Caribbean, Costa Rica, TCL Group, Puerto Rico, Argentina and Thailand. He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Tecnológico de Monterrey and an MBA from Wharton business school.

Austria: Wietersdorfer Group has appointed Tanja Pfaff-Röders as Head of Global Human Resources.

Pfaff-Röders previously worked for the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) in human resource roles from 2018. Her final position was as the lead on International Strategic HR Projects / Diversity & Inclusion. Before this she worked for Xerox, Hoerbiger, Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) and Sparkasse Baden. She is a graduate of the Vienna University of Economics and Business with additional qualifications from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Switzerland/US: Holcim has appointed the designated executive leadership team for its planned Amrize spin-off company in the US. Jan Jenisch will be the new company’s chair and CEO and Ian Johnston will be the Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Other roles include: Jaime Hill as President of Building Materials; Jake Gosa as President of Building Envelope; Nollaig Forrest as Chief Marketing and Corporate Affairs Officer; Steve Clark as Chief People Officer; Denise Singleton as Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary; Sam Poletti, Chief Strategy and M&A Officer; Mario Gross as Chief Supply Chain Officer; and Roald Brouwer as Chief Technology Officer.

Jenisch has been a member of the board of directors of Holcim since 2021 and has worked as its chair since 2023 and as its CEO from 2017 to 2024. Before joining Holcim, Jenisch was the CEO of Sika from 2012 to 2017.
Johnston currently serves as CFO for Holcim North America. Prior to this he held the same role for the business in the US and Canada.

Jenisch said “Our leadership team includes key Holcim leaders who have played instrumental roles in the success of our business, as well as new leaders from top US companies with strong North American market expertise.”