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Peter Feldhaus appointed as chief executive officer of ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions
Written by Global Cement staff
10 May 2017
Germany: Peter Feldhaus has been appointed as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the Industrial Solutions business division of ThyssenKrupp. Feldhaus, aged 50 years, succeeds Stefan Gesing, who was the acting CEO of the division. Gesing remains as the chief financial officer of the group. The new CEO of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems will be Rolf Wirtz, currently CEO of Atlas Elektronik. Jens Bodo Koch, member of the management board of Atlas Elektronik, is to take over as acting CEO.
Mallam Suleiman Yahyah resigns from AshakaCem
Written by Global Cement staff
10 May 2017
Nigeria: Mallam Suleiman Yahyah has resigned as chairman from AshakaCem. Yahyah joined the board of directors of the subsidiary of LafargeHolcim in 2010 and became its chairman in 2015.
Chong Cha Hwa resigns from China Shanshui Cement due to physical trauma following occupation
Written by Global Cement staff
10 May 2017
China: Chong Cha Hwa has resigned as a non-executive director from China Shanshui Cement due to physical trauma suffered during the ‘illegal’ occupation of the Jinan properties of its Shandong Shanshui in early April 2017. Chong said that the occupation had impeded him from carrying out his duties.
Leonard Barry appointed as supervisory board chairperson of Podolsky Cement
Written by Global Cement staff
10 May 2017
Ukraine: The supervisory board of Podilsky Cement has appointed Leonard Barry as its supervisory board chairperson. Previously, he was the director of CRH in the country, according to the Ukrainian News Agency. Barry, aged 52 years, is an Irish national. He joined Irish Cement in 1989 as a process engineer before becoming its managing director in 2011. He trained as a chemical engineer at University College Dublin and holds an MBA from the University of Limerick.
Other personnel changes include the appointment of Declan Maguire, CRH’s chief operational director for Eastern Europe, as deputy supervisory board chairperson. Alan Connolly has also been appointed as secretary of the supervisory board.
Klaus Paul joins Schade Lagertechnik as Technical Managing Director
Written by Global Cement staff
03 May 2017
Germany: Klaus Paul has been appointed as the Technical Managing Director of Schade Lagertechnik. His appointment is in response to the impending retirement of Karl-Heinz Fiegenbaum on 30 June 2017. Fiegenbaum has been Managing Director of the company since July 2011. He will be replaced by Christoph Seifert, who moves across to this position after having started with Schade as Technical Managing Director in February 2015.
Paul started his career in 1977 with Friedrich Uhde where he started working as a draughtsman at the age of 16. Following the competition of an engineering degree he stayed with the company, which eventually became part of ThyssenKrupp Group. From 2012, he was with Uhde OOO, a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp in Russia, first as Director of Project and Site Management, and later as one of the Managing Directors of Uhde / OOO ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions Russia.