Denmark: Hasle Refractories has appointed Christian Halken as Chief Sales Officer.

Earlier in his career, Halken worked for FLSmdith for 1996 to 2019, eventually becoming Senior Vice President, Customer Services EMEA and India. He originally started working for the equipment supplier as a Commissioning Manager in 1996. Other notable positions during his time with FLSmidth include becoming General Manager, Customer Services,  Cement, Denmark in 2007. Halkern holds an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and master’s degree in chemical process engineering from UCL.