Canada: CarbonCure Technologies has elected Onne van der Weijde as its chair. He succeeds William Holden, who has worked as board director, vice president of sales, chair of the industry advisory council and chair since 2014.

Van der Weijde joined the company’s board in 2024 and has served as vice chair since 2025. He is also senior advisor to the CEO of CRH, board member and chair of the finance committee at Siam City Cement and a board member of subsidiary Republic Cement. He previously served as managing director and CEO of both Dangote Industries and Ambuja Cements. Van der Weijde holds a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from the University of Bradford in the UK and an undergraduate degree in General Business Administration and Management from the Hague University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.

Germany: Heidelberg Materials Trading has appointed Francesco Brambilla as its CEO. He succeeds Jose Maria Magrina in the role, who will take up another role in Heidelberg Materials Group.

Brambilla joined Italcementi in 2001 and held several managerial roles, including  International Terminals Director in Switzerland. In 2016 he took the role of Area Director Market Intelligence & Sales Processes for the Africa-Eastern Mediterranean Basin Group area at Heidelberg Materials. He later became Area Director Business Operations for the Africa-Mediterranean-Western Asia (AMWA) Group area in 2024. Brambilla holds a master’s degree in engineering from the University of Pavia and executive master of business administration (MBA) qualifications from the Mannheim Business School and the ESSEC Business School.

Bangladesh: Masud Khan, the CEO of Crown Cement, has received a government appointment to serve as chair of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission. The position will require Khan to sever all other professional affiliations before assuming office for his four-year term, the Financial Express newspaper has reported.

US: Tony Kasten has retired as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at the Monarch Cement. He has now become a freelance business consultant.

Kasten started working for the Kansas-based cement producer as a senior accountant in 2002, according to the Chanute Tribune newspaper. He later became the company’s Senior Accountant and Corporate Controller and then its CFO in 2019. He reportedly played a key role in several acquisitions, including Joplin Concrete, followed by Neosho Concrete, Concrete Industries at DCC, Concrete Enterprises South, Kay Concrete, Hays Ready Mix and American Concrete.

Monarch Cement operates an integrated cement plant at Humboldt in Kansas.