Saudi Arabia: Hail Cement has elected Abdul Malik Khaled Al-Rajhi as its chair. Abdul Aziz Majed Abdullah Al Kasabi has been appointed as the vice-chair and Fahad Musaad Al Rasheedi as secretary to the board of directors. Each position is for a duration of three years until November 2024.

Thailand: Siam Cement Group has appointed Wiroat Rattanachaisit as the Vice President of its Regional Cement Building Materials Business with effect from the start of 2022. He also becomes the Vice President of the group’s Housing Products and Solution Business. Rattanachaisit is currently a country director for the group’s cement business in Indonesia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce and also attended the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.

Germany: Beumer Group has formally announced Bodo Schlenker as its Divisional Director Software Solutions. He has been in post since April 2021.

Schlenker started his career at a software company for automation and warehouse management systems. He then worked for logistics company Vanderlande for around 20 years, where he rose to become its Operations Director. From 2017 to early 2021 he worked as the Senior Director of Corporate Product Strategy for Kion Group, a manufacturer and supplier of forklift trucks and warehouse technology as well as supply chain solutions.

Finland: Cross Wrap has appointed Jukka Pennanen as its chief executive officer from the start of 2022. He succeeds Satu Kivelä in the post. She has held the position since 1994. Saalasti Group purchased 100% of Cross Wrap’s shares in February 2021.

Pennanen joined the baling and wrapping engineering company in October 2021 as a chief operating officer. Prior to this he has held a number of positions including running managing consultancy Luotsaaja for a decade. Earlier in his career he worked for Nokia for over 10 years in marketing and sales positions.