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Julien Soum appointed to business development team at Anderman Ceramics
Written by Global Cement staff
10 May 2017
France: Julien Soum has been appointed as the European business development manager at Anderman Ceramics. Soum has worked as a commercial engineer in Europe for the last five years with knowledge of the refractory markets for cement and steel working for Refractaria and Hepha. He was educated at the University of Montpellier and the Kedge Business School in Marseille.
Susanne Fuchs succeeds Manfred Fuchs at Fuchs Petrolub
Written by Global Cement staff
10 May 2017
Germany: Susanne Fuchs has been elected to the supervisory board of Fuchs Petrolub in place of her father Manfred Fuchs. Manfred Fuchs, aged 78 years, resigned as deputy chairman of the board at the end of the group’s annual general meeting. The company’s chairman of the executive board is Manfred Fuchs’s son, Stefan Fuchs. Susanne Fuchs holds a doctorate in veterinary medicine and successfully completed her MBA at the Open University in the UK in 2016.
Peter Feldhaus appointed as chief executive officer of ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions
Written by Global Cement staff
10 May 2017
Germany: Peter Feldhaus has been appointed as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the Industrial Solutions business division of ThyssenKrupp. Feldhaus, aged 50 years, succeeds Stefan Gesing, who was the acting CEO of the division. Gesing remains as the chief financial officer of the group. The new CEO of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems will be Rolf Wirtz, currently CEO of Atlas Elektronik. Jens Bodo Koch, member of the management board of Atlas Elektronik, is to take over as acting CEO.
Mallam Suleiman Yahyah resigns from AshakaCem
Written by Global Cement staff
10 May 2017
Nigeria: Mallam Suleiman Yahyah has resigned as chairman from AshakaCem. Yahyah joined the board of directors of the subsidiary of LafargeHolcim in 2010 and became its chairman in 2015.
Chong Cha Hwa resigns from China Shanshui Cement due to physical trauma following occupation
Written by Global Cement staff
10 May 2017
China: Chong Cha Hwa has resigned as a non-executive director from China Shanshui Cement due to physical trauma suffered during the ‘illegal’ occupation of the Jinan properties of its Shandong Shanshui in early April 2017. Chong said that the occupation had impeded him from carrying out his duties.