Thailand: Siam City Cement has appointed Federico Vasello as its Group Chief Financial Officer from 1 November 2026. He succeeds Ranjan Sachdeva in the post.

US: Amrize has appointed Tracy Crowther as the plant manager of its Ste. Genevieve cement plant in Missouri.

Crowther previously worked as the plant manager at Heidelberg Materials North America’s Mitchell cement plant in Indiana from 2020 to 2023. Before this he was the plant manager at Lehigh Hanson’s Logansport cement plant in Indiana from 2015. Earlier in his career he worked for Martin Marietta in the mid 2010s and for TXI from 2000 to 2014. Crowther holds an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and a master’s of business administration (MBA) qualification from the TCU Neeley School of Business.

India: IKN Engineering India has appointed Sridhar Shanmugha Sundaram as its CEO.

Shanmugha Sundaram previously worked as the Senior Vice President, Head of Sales & Marketing at Gebr. Pfieffer in India from 2024 to mid-2026. Before this, he held various roles at FLSmidth in India starting as Head of Product Sales in 2012 and eventually becoming     Vice President, Head of Global Product Line - Grinding and Gears in 2023. Shanmugha Sundaram is a graduate in engineering from the College of Engineering Guindy, Chennai, and holds an executive masters of business administration qualification from the Copenhagen Business School.

Austria: RHI Magnesita has appointed Gustavo Franco as its CEO with effect from 1 November 2026. He will succeed Stefan Borgas, who will step down after 10 years in the role.

Franco joined Magnesita, then a separate entity, in 2001 and has worked in technical, commercial and leadership roles in South America, North America and Europe. He started as a Technical Marketing Engineer in Brazil and eventually became Chief Sales Officer for the company in 2019. He has been a member of the Executive Management Team since 2019 and has worked as Chief Customer Officer since 2023. Franco holds an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais.