UK: Carbon8 Systems has appointed David Clemmitt as Chief Engineer. He will be responsible for leading the engineering direction and execution of Carbon8 Systems’ Advanced Carbonation Technology (ACT) across global markets. As part of the role, he will have ownership of growing and developing the engineering function of the company in the carbon capture and utilisation sector. Clemmitt will join the board of Carbon8 Systems and will work closely with Paula Carey, the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of the company.

Clemmitt joins the company from Baker Hughes, a global energy technology company, where he was Global Engineering Leader of their UK business from 2017. Prior to this, he held senior engineering roles at Meggitt, Schlumberger and Spirax Sarco Engineering. Clemmitt is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a member of the UK Engineering Council.

Denmark: FLSmidth has appointed Mikko Keto as its incoming chief executive officer (CEO), with effect from the start of 2022. It follows the resignation of Thomas Schulz. He will leave the company for an external role at the end of 2021.

Keto joined FLSmidth in January 2021 as the president of the mining division. He previously worked for Metso as the president for its mineral services and pumps business area. His prior roles for Metso include Senior Vice President of Spare Parts, Senior Vice President of Performance Services, President of Automation Services and Vice President of Flow Control Services. He also served as a member of the company’s executive team. Earlier in his career, Keto was Head of Sales for the maintenance business unit at KONE Corporation and held senior management and sales positions at Nokia Networks. He holds a master’s degree in economics from the Helsinki School of Economics.

Outgoing CEO Schulz joined FLSmidth in 2013. The company credited him with transforming its model from a predominately capital project organisation to one with more of a focus on service and aftermarket. His tenure has also seen the engineering company pivot towards digital products and those supporting sustainability trends in the cement and mining industries.

China: Ma Mingliang, the chairman and president of Sinoma Energy Conservation, has died at the age of 57. He was reportedly taken ill whilst on a business trip to Zhaotong City in Yunnan Province. Ma Mingliang was a trained engineer who worked for China Triumph International Engineering from 1997 to 2006 before later becoming the chief engineer of the foreign department of China National Building Material (CNBM) International Engineering from 2006 to 2007. Subsequently he held a number of senior positions within CNBM group eventually leading Sinoma Energy Conservation, the subsidiary of CNBM responsible for manufacturing waste heat recovery (WHR) systems.

Mexico: Corporación Moctezuma has appointed Juan Mozo Gómez as its chief financial officer with effect from the start of 2022. He succeeds Luis Rauch, who has decided to leave the post after four years for personal reasons. Mozo has experience in the financial sector and held positions in companies in the cement and concrete industry. He holds a degree in Business Administration from Pompeau Fabra University in Spain.