France: Ecocem says it has appointed Thierry Legrand as the CEO of its subsidiary Ecocem France. He started the role in September 2025.
Legrand has worked in the cement sector since the mid-1990s. He started as a project engineer for Lafarge Ciments in France, later becoming a plant manager and then Human Resources Director. He worked as the Country CEO for Lafarge South Africa from 2012 to 2014, the CEO of Lafarge Malaysia from 2015 to 2018 and as Project Director Logistic Europe for LafargeHolcim from 2018 to 2020. More recently he was the Director Europe for Fortera from 2021 to mid-2025. He has also worked for Saint-Gobain and Lafarge Plasterboard during his career. Legrand is a graduate in industrial engineering from the École des Ponts ParisTech.