India: UltraTech Cement has appointed Ankur Agarwal as Joint Executive President. He is the unit head of the integrated Manikgarh plant in Maharashtra.

Agarwal previously worked for Ambuja Cements and ACC. He started his career in 2009 managing a mine for ACC. He later started to manage grinding plants for Ambuja Cements in the late 2010s. In 2021 he became a Director for ACC and in 2024 he was appointed as Manufacturing Integration Head by Ambuja Cements to manage five plants from its newly-acquired Penna Cement subsidiary. Agarwa holds an undergraduate degree in mining engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) in Dhanbad.

US: Geometrica has appointed Alejandro Algara as its CEO. He will succeed company founder Francisco Castano in the role. Castano will continue to work for the company as chair.

Algara has worked for Geometrica since 2011, when he started as a Junior Engineer. He became a Technical Manager in 2020 and the company’s Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer in 2025. He is a graduate in civil engineering from the Technological Institute of Monterrey.

Texas-based Geometrica was established in 1992. It designs and builds domes and space frames for architectural, industrial and bulk storage markets.

Pakistan: Muhammad Owais has resigned as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Thatta Cement. The company has started the process to appoint a replacement. Owais has worked for Thatta Cement since 2020 in a variety of finance roles. He became CFO in 2024. Prior to this he worked for Deloitte Pakistan.

Brazil: Lhoist has appointed Tiago Mudesto Gomes as Executive Plant Manager at its Arcos lime plant in Minas Gerais.

Gomes previously worked for cement-producer Votorantim from 2015 to 2026, becoming its Global Maintenance General Manager in 2024. Before this he worked as the plant manager at the Cuiabá, Sorocaba and Primavera cement plants. Earlier in his career he held maintenance manager roles with InterCement and as a technical sales manager for FLSmidth. Gomes holds an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the Centro Universitário UNA and a master of business administration (MBA) qualification from the Insper Learning Institution.