India: Dalmia Bharat Group has announced its promotion of Gaurav Rajput to the role of deputy general manager finance and accounts. Rajput joined Dalmia Bharat Group from IT company IBM in 2023. He previously worked for LafargeHolcim India and ACC.

Morocco: Ciments du Maroc has appointed Severin Weig as its chief executive officer with effect from 1 February 2024. He will succeed Matteo Rozzanigo in the post, who will become the president of the Northeast-North America Region of Heidelberg Materials Group.

Weig joined Heidelberg Materials in 2012 and has held various corporate treasury roles in Germany before becoming the group’s Director of Treasury, Insurance and Corporate Risk within its German organisation. He was also appointed as a member of the Advisory Council on Sustainable Finance of the German Federal Government in June 2022. Prior to working for Heidelberg Materials Weig held a number of positions in multinational investment banks.

US: Monarch Cement announced vice president of cement manufacturing Kenny Miller’s retirement in a posting published on OTC Markets on 15 January 2024. Miller had held his position since April 2014. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Friends University, Kansas.

Germany: Heidelberg Materials has appointed Sergo Vashakidze as its Commercial Director Africa & Mediterranean-Western Asia. Vashakidze has worked for the group since 2011 in a variety of roles. He became the Deputy General Manager for RMC/AGG operations at HeidelbergCement Kazakhstan in 2014, that country’s Sales and Marketing Director Cement in 2016 and then the Area Commercial Director NEECA (Northern & Eastern Europe - Central Asia) based in Germany in 2021. Prior to this he worked in a variety of banking positions in Georgia and Germany.

Vashakidze holds an undergraduate degree in business administration from the Tbilisi State University and a master’s degree in economics and social studies from the University of Trier.