Bangladesh: Masud Khan, the CEO of Crown Cement, has received a government appointment to serve as chair of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission. The position will require Khan to sever all other professional affiliations before assuming office for his four-year term, the Financial Express newspaper has reported.

US: Tony Kasten has retired as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at the Monarch Cement. He has now become a freelance business consultant.

Kasten started working for the Kansas-based cement producer as a senior accountant in 2002, according to the Chanute Tribune newspaper. He later became the company’s Senior Accountant and Corporate Controller and then its CFO in 2019. He reportedly played a key role in several acquisitions, including Joplin Concrete, followed by Neosho Concrete, Concrete Industries at DCC, Concrete Enterprises South, Kay Concrete, Hays Ready Mix and American Concrete.

Monarch Cement operates an integrated cement plant at Humboldt in Kansas.

Germany: Heidelberg Materials Trading has appointed Francesco Brambilla as its CEO. He succeeds Jose Maria Magrina in the role, who will take up another role in Heidelberg Materials Group.

Brambilla joined Italcementi in 2001 and held several managerial roles, including  International Terminals Director in Switzerland. In 2016 he took the role of Area Director Market Intelligence & Sales Processes for the Africa-Eastern Mediterranean Basin Group area at Heidelberg Materials. He later became Area Director Business Operations for the Africa-Mediterranean-Western Asia (AMWA) Group area in 2024. Brambilla holds a master’s degree in engineering from the University of Pavia and executive master of business administration (MBA) qualifications from the Mannheim Business School and the ESSEC Business School.

US: CRH has appointed Danilo Juvane as its Head of Investor Relations. He will lead CRH’s investor relations function, overseeing shareholder engagement and communicating the company’s strategy and value proposition to investors. He succeeds Tom Holmes in the role, who is moving into a senior leadership role within CRH’s strategy division.

Juvane holds 25 years of experience in capital markets, having most recently worked as Vice President of Corporate Development, Investor Relations & ESG for The Williams Companies. He has also held jobs as an analyst with BMO Capital Markets, Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors and Entergy Services. He is a graduate in economics from Grinnell College and holds a master’s of business administration (MBA) qualification from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.