India: Amubja Cements has appointed Hitesh L Marthak as its company secretary and compliance officer. Hitesh holds 25 years professional experience. He was appointed to the same positions at subsidiary ACC in late July 2023. Both Ambuja Cements and ACC are part of Adani Group.

China: Yin Zhisong has been elected as the chair of Sinoma International Engineering. He succeeds Liu Yan, who has resigned. Zhisong has held of number of management positions with subsidiaries of China National Building Material (CNBM) and Sinoma. Notably he has worked as the general manager of Suzhou Sinoma Construction, the general manager of Sinoma International Engineering and a vice president at Sinoma International Engineering.

Switzerland: Holcim has appointed Nollaig Forrest appointed as its chief sustainability officer with effect from 1 September 2023. She succeeds Magali Anderson in the post, who has decided to pursue new career opportunities as a board member and supporter of non-government organisations.

Forrest is currently working as the Group Head of Corporate Affairs at Holcim, in charge of Investor Relations, Group Communications, Public Affairs & Branding. Prior to being employed by Holcim, she was the Vice President Corporate Communications at Firmenich and held public affairs roles at Dow, DuPont and the World Economic Forum. Forrest is a member of the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium Advisory Council and a member of Bloomberg’s Cities Council for sustainable cities.

Forrest holds a masters degree in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. She has also completed the Yale-WBCSD Sustainability Leadership and INSEAD International Marketing programs.

Germany: Schmersal Group has appointed Jörg Kraus as its Sales Manager for Germany. He will be responsible for areas including continued development and implementation of the group’s sales strategy and sales process optimisation. He will lead a sales team and will be responsible for sales representatives and external service providers.

Kraus holds experience in the sale of technical components and capital goods in complex industries, such as mechanical and plant engineering, metals, technical gases and surface technology. He has also established and managed local sales and service organisations in Germany, Switzerland and Poland, as well as the development of new business areas. He has worked for subsidiaries of Alberts Surface since 2019. Prior to this he was employed by Linde Group for over 20 years.