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Germany: thyssenkrupp Polysius has appointed Philip Glörfeld as Head of Business Development & Sales. He will succeed Lukas Schoeneck in the role from the start of January 2025. Schoeneck became the head of Operating Unit Green Solutions in October 2024.

Glörfeld has worked for thyssenkrupp since 2015 in business development roles. In 2020 he became the Director Business Development & Sales Europe, Africa & CIS for the Polysius business unit that later became thyssenkrupp Polysius. Prior to his time at thyssenkrupp he worked at Siemens. He is a graduate from the Steinbeis Hochschule Berlin and holds a master of business administration from the University of Plymouth.

Pakistan: Thatta Cement has appointed Muhammad Owais as its chief financial officer. He succeeds Muhammad Abid Khan in the role. Khan will continue to work at the cement producer as company secretary. Owais has worked for Thatta Cement in a variety of managerial finance roles since 2020, apart from a brief period with ready-mixed concrete company Allied Materials in mid-2023. Prior to this he worked for Deloitte Pakistan.

Germany: The European Cement Research Academy (ECRA) has elected Eric Bourdon as the chair of its Technical Advisory Committee. Hendrik Möller, Schwenk Deutschland and Samir Cairae, Titan Cement have also joined the organisation’s board of directors

Bourdon is the Deputy CEO, the Head of Industry and the Chief Climate Officer of Vicat. He joined the group in 2002 after working for thyssenkrupp Polysius. He is a graduate in engineering from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers in Paris.

ECRA was founded in 2003. It supports and shares research by the cement sector in Europe. It is steered by its technical committee. Bourdon will work with ECRA managing director Martin Schneider on strengthening its work in strategic areas, including CO₂ capture and related technologies, as well as grinding and kiln technologies.

Pakistan: Fecto Cement has reappointed Aamir Ghani and Mohammed Yasin Fecto as its chair and CEO respectively. The move followed a formal revaluation of the company leadership, according to Pakistan Press International. It said that the change aims to streamline operations and reinforce the strategic direction of the cement producer. The company operates an integrated plant at Sangjani near to Islamabad.

Pakistan: Fecto Cement has announced the withdrawal of Rohail Ajmal as a Director of its Board. This decision was made by Saudi Pak Industrial and Agricultural Investment Company, as per the rules outlined in Regulation 5.6.1 of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) Rule Book. The Board of Directors of Fecto Cement will appoint a replacement for the vacant position in due course.