Oman: Raysut Cement has appointed Jamal Shamis Saud Al Hooti as its chair. Khalid Masoud Ansari has been appointed as the vice chair and Liyutha Mohamed Sulaiman Al Ismaili has been appointed as the secretary of the board.

Austria: Alpacem Group has appointed Roland Waldenhofer as Head of Development, Quality Assurance and Application Technology of Alpacem Zement Austria. He succeeds Christoph Stotter in the post, who has been working for the group as Quality and Product Innovation Manager since 2024.

Waldenhofer, aged 30 years, trained as a civil engineer at Graz University of Technology. He previously worked for Rohrdorfer as Head of the Sand & Gravel Laboratory and
Head of the Central Laboratory & Technology Projects.

Finland: Tana Oy has appointed Jari Mennala as its CEO with effect from 5 May 2025. He succeeds Kalle Saarimaa who became the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of NG Group in February 2025.

Mennala was appointed as the Director of Worldwide Forestry Sales & Marketing and Managing Director of John Deere Forestry Oy in 2024. He has worked for John Deere since 2008 for its forestry division in Finland, the US and the UK. He holds a master’s degree in industrial management from Tampere University of Technology and an executive master’s of business administration from Aalto University in Helsinki.

Türkiye: The Cement Industry Employers' Union (ÇEİS) has appointed Nihat Özdemir as its chair, according to Yatirimlar. Özdemir is the honorary chair of Limak Holding. He co-founded the group, which includes Limak Cement, in 1976. He is the vice-chair of the Turkish Cement Manufacturers' Association (Turkçimento) and the Association of Turkish World Engineers and Architects amongst other governance roles. Notably, he was the chair of the Turkish Football Federation from 2019 to 2022.