India: Prism Johnson has appointed Raakesh Jain as Executive Director & CEO (Cement) with effect from 17 August 2024. His appointment will last for three years until mid-2027. He will succeed Vivek K Agnihotri, who has resigned.

Jain holds 30 years of experience in the building material industry working as the CEO of the cement division of Prism Johnson from late 2021. Before this he was the Chief Sales Officer for Nuvoco Vistas. Earlier in his career he spent nearly a decade with Lafarge India in sales roles. Before this he held sales positions for the white cement division of UltraTech Cement from the late 1990s onwards. He is a commerce graduate from Devi Ahilya University and holds a master of business administration in Marketing from Vikram University.

Finland: Tana has appointed Henri Kinnunen as VP, Product Management and Business. He previously worked as the CEO of WOIMA Corporation, a waste-to-energy engineering company , from 2018 to 2024. Prior to this he worked with Wärtsilä from 2007 to 2017 in both Finland and overseas.

Finland-based Tana operates in the waste management sector producing products such as shredders, compactors and separators.

Pakistan: Bestway Cement has appointed Muhammad Danish Khan as its Chief Financial Officer. Khan has worked for Bestway Cement since 2019 first as Head of Budgeting, Treasury and Reporting and then Acting Chief Financial Officer. Before this he worked for Three, the AA, Deloitte and Ernst & Young in the UK. He is a graduate of the Government College University in Lahore and is a chartered accountant.

Philippines: Holcim Philippines has appointed Nicolas George as its president and CEO. He succeeds Horia Adrian, who will assume the role of Head of Decarbonization for Holcim in the Asia, Middle East, and Africa region.

George previously worked as the CEO of Lafarge Algeria from 2021. Before this he was the CEO of Chip Mong Insee Cement in Cambodia. George joined Holcim in 2007 as a Strategy Manager in China and has also worked as the CEO of Myanmar and Uganda for the group. He holds a degree in Industry Management, Innovation, and Performance from the Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon.