Cement industry news from Global Cement

Chris Leese leaves Cemex UK

UK: Chris Leese has decided to leave Cemex UK after 30 years with the company. His varied career at Cemex has seen him taking responsibility for a broad range of activities, notably as Vice President of Readymix VP and more latterly as Vice President of Aggregates.

Leese has been a long-standing champion of health and safety improvements, taking a lead role at Cemex and the broader industry. He was the chair of the MPA Health and Safety committee for over nine years.

Przemysław Malinowski, appointed head of Górażdże Beton

Poland: Przemysław Malinowski has been appointed as the managing director of Górażdże Beton from the start of August 2019. He succeeds Wojciech Hałat, who will take the role of general director of HeidelbergCement Kazakhstan. Malinowski will report to Andrzej Reclik, the General Director of Górażdże Cement.

Malinowski is a graduate of the University of Economics in Katowice and MBA Studies at the University of Economics in Wroclaw. Before joining the Górażdże Group in 2017, he worked for EDF Group.

Aggregate Industries appoints Max Colligan as the managing director of Ready Mix Concrete business

UK: Aggregate Industries has appointed Max Colligan as the managing director of its Ready Mix Concrete business and as a member of its executive committee. He holds over 30 years of experience in the construction industry. He holds a degree in civil engineering and has post-graduate qualifications in quarrying.

Clive Watson appointed as non-executive director at Breedon Group

UK: Breedon Group has appointed Clive Watson as a non-executive director. He takes the post from 1 September 2019. Watson recently held the role of Group Finance Director at Spectris, a provider of productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls. Prior to this he has held a number of senior finance positions with international businesses in the UK and overseas. He served as a non-executive director of Spirax-Sarco Engineering from 2009 to 2019, including as chair of the Audit Committee and latterly senior independent director, and is due to join DiscoverIE Group as a non-executive director in September 2019. It is anticipated that Watson will assume the chair of the Audit Committee at Breedon group when Susie Farnon steps down from the board in early 2020.