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China: Xia Zhiyun has resigned as the president of China National Materials International Engineering (CNBM Engineering). However, he will remain a director of the company, a member of the strategy and investment committee of the board of directors and a member of the nomination committee. The company is part of CNBM Group. It provides engineering services and equipment to the international cement, housing, industrial equipment and light industry sectors.

Ireland: Jim Culliton, a former chief executive officer (CEO) of CRH, has died. He originally started working for Roadstone before eventually becoming the CEO of the merged Cement Roadstone Holdings (CRH) for 13 years, according to the Irish Independent newspaper. Notably, he presided over the start of the company’s move from a domestic building materials producer to a multinational one. At home in Ireland he was also known for the 'Culliton Report,' an influential Irish industrial policy document published in the early 1990s.

Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad Cement has appointed Francisco Aguilera Mendoza as its chief executive officer (CEO) with effect from 1 December 2020. He succeeds Joe Luis Seijo Gonzalez. Aguilera Mendoza currently serves as deputy chairman and is a member of the board of directors of the company. He will continue in both of these roles.

Seijo Gonzalez has been in post since mid-2015. He will take up a new post with parent company Cemex.

India: Dalmia Bharat Group has appointed Rajiv Bansal as a Senior Executive Director in the managing director’s office. The company said that he would work with Puneet Dalmia, managing director, and Mahendra Singhi, managing director and chief executive officer (CEO), to ‘strengthen our existing goals and strategies and in formulating and implementing newer initiatives that align with the long term goals and vision of the company.’

Bansal joins Dalmia Bharat Group from DXC Technology, an IT services company, where he served as the chief financial officer (CFO) for America. Prior to DXC, he was the CFO of Ola (ANI Technologies), an India-based mobility platform and ride-hailing companies. Before joining Ola, he was the Global CFO of Infosys, an India-based IT services company. He holds over 26 years of experience across various industries including power generation, telecoms, IT services and internet start-ups. Bansal holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Calcutta University and is a chartered accountant and a cost accountant.

Saudi Arabia: Southern Province Cement has appointed Aqeel bin Fateis bin Saeed Kadsa as its chief executive officer (CEO). He was assigned to the position in July 2020. He holds a degree from the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals and joined Southern Province Cement in 1997. Most recently he worked as the Executive Vice President for Manufacturing Services.