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Canada: Progressive Planet, a company developing pozzolan-based cementitious products, has appointed Doug Brown as a Scientific Advisor with immediate effect. Brown is a materials scientist who holds a PhD in chemistry from the University of Calgary. He has worked with the team that founded Carbon Engineering, a Canadian company that is developing industrial-scale technology to remove CO₂ directly from the atmosphere. He has also worked in the private sector in the field of green building technologies and he is a board member of the Alberta Chapter of the Canadian Green Building Council.

US: David Mariner plans to step down as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Boral North America at the end of May 2020. He then plans to leave Boral altogether at the end of June 2020 following a decade with the company. Darren Schulz, currently the president of Boral Roofing North America, will become the acting president and CEO until a successor is appointed. The final decision on a permanent head for Boral North America will be made by Boral’s new CEO and managing director. However, the board of Boral is also looking for a new CEO, following Mike Kane decision to retire earlier in 2020.

China: The board of directors of Jiangxi Wannianqing Cement has elected Lin Rong as its chairman. The 48-year old economist has previously worked for Xingang Group as well as Xinyu Iron and Steel Group.

France: Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies has appointed François de Gliniasty as Technical and Commercial Promoter for the Ile-de-France region. The 45-year old holds over 25 years of experience in sales, marketing and logistics. He began his career at Lapeyre, part of Saint-Gobain Group, in sales and was then Logistics Manager from 2000 to 2005. He was then appointed as the Lapeyre Group’s Organizations Manager for the Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur regions of southeast France. Since 2008, he has been in charge of sales development for the Paris region at WEDI France.

Nigeria: Lafarge Africa has appointed Adebode Adefioye as its new chairman with effect from 4 June 2020. He succeeds Mobolaji Balogun, who has decided to retire from the role.

Adefioye, a non-executive director of the company, is the chairman of the board finance and strategy committee, chairman of the board property optimisation committee and a member of the nominations, governance and remuneration committee. He has also served on the statutory audit committee and the risk management and ethics committee.

Adefioye holds over 32 years experience in different industries and is a graduate of the University of Lagos with Masters of Science degree. He is a member of the Institute of Directors and the Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria. He was appointed to the board of directors in late 2012 and currently sits on the boards of Wema Bank and Eterna. He also resides on the governing council of Bank Directors Association in Nigeria. Adefioye will step down from all board committees of Lafarge Africa on assumption of the role as chairman of the board.

Balogun has worked for Lafarge Africa for over 15 years, having joined the board in 2005. He served for the first 10 years as a non-executive director and was appointed chairman in mid-2015.