Pakistan: Dewan Cement has appointed Hazrat Ali as its chief financial officer. He succeeds Imran Ahmed Javed in the role. The cement producer operates two plants.

Australia: First Graphene has appointed Lester Lee as its Commercial Manager – Cement & Concrete. Singapore-based Lee holds nearly 30 years of experience working in the cement and concrete industries. This includes management roles in Hong Kong and Singapore with multinational companies such as Fosroc Construction Chemicals, K Wah Concrete Company and WR Grace.

First Graphene is an Australia-based supplier of graphitic materials and product formulations to sectors including cement and concrete, composites and plastics, coatings, adhesives, silicones and elastomers (CASE) and energy storage applications.

Türkiye: Votorantim Cimentos Türkiye has appointed İlker Kutlu Yilmaz as its Head of Logistics. He previously worked as the Group Logistics Manager for Cementir Holding in Türkiye. Prior to this he also worked as a Logistics Manager for VICAT from 2012 to 2018. Other notable roles he has held include working in logistics for Feka Construction, Industry & Trade and Omsan Logistics.

India: Sagar Cement has appointed KV Vishnu Raju as its chair. He succeeds K Thanu Pillai in the post.

Vishnu Raju is a graduate in Chemical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology in Tiruchirapalli and he holds a master's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Michigan Technological University in the US. He worked as an executive director and then managing director of Raasi Cements in the 1990s. He was later on the board of Anjani Portland Cement as its chair and managing director from 1999 to 2014.

Sagar Cement operates three integrated plants and two grinding plants in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Pradesh Telangana.