Saudi Arabia: Yanbu Cement has appointed Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Khereiji as its chair following an Ordinary General Assembly held in mid-June 2026. Riyad bin Abdulrahman Aba Al-Khail has also been appointed as vice-chair. The term for both roles is for four years, until June 2030.

India: KJS Cement has appointed Jalaj Srivastava as Chief Sales & Marketing Officer.

Srivastava has worked in the cement sector since the early 1990s starting at Modi Cement. He later worked for Prism Cement from 1997 to 2016 eventually becoming Assistant Vice President (Sales & Marketing). He was later worked as Vice President ( Sales & Marketing) at UltraTech Cement from 2019 to 2025. He has also worked for Shree Cement and Century Textiles and Industries. Srivastava holds undergraduate degrees in science and law. He also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) qualification from Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University in Jaunpur.

Pakistan: Power Cement has appointed Naveed Afzal as its Chief Financial Officer.

Afzal previously worked as Advisor - Strategy & Operational Excellence for Power Cement in 2025. Before this he worked in a variety of roles for power company K-Electric from 2015 to 2025, eventually becoming Head of Business Finance. He has also worked for Pakistan International Airlines. Afzal is a chartered accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan.

South Africa: PPC has appointed Veliswa Rozani as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). She succeeds Brenda Berlin in the role, as she has retired. Rozani will take up the position from 1 October 2026. In the interim period Paulo Marques, currently PPC’s chief strategy officer, has been appointed as acting CFO.

Rozani is a chartered accountant with over 20 years’ experience in financial management roles across multinational and South African organisations. She currently works as group CFO of NMI–Durban South Motors, a joint venture partner of Barloworld South Africa. Previously, she was the CFO of Barloworld Motor Retail South Africa. Her career also includes senior roles at Johnson & Johnson and Microsoft SA, and she completed her articles at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Rozani holds an undergraduate degree in commerce and a master’s of business administration (MBA) qualification from Nelson Mandela University in George and Port Elizabeth.