Austria: Haimo Primas has been appointed as the CEO of Holcim Austria. He succeeds Berthold Kren in the role.

Primas, aged 53 years, has worked for Holcim for over 20 years. He started working for Lafarge Zementwerke in the early 2000s and has worked for related companies, including Holcim CE Holding and Lafarge Slovenia. His responsibilities have included senior positions at cluster and national level in finance, business development, supply chain and human resources. Amongst other roles, he was the plant manager of the Retznei cement plant from 2022 to October 2024. Primas studied business administration at the Karl-Franzens-University Graz.

France: Calderys has appointed Sander Bovee as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Bovee, a Dutch national, previously worked for Nouryon (formerly known as AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals), a specialty chemicals company, as its Vice President of Group Control & Treasury. He was also the company’s interim CFO for a period. Prior to this he worked for AkzoNobel in a variety of business and corporate finance roles based in the US, China and the Netherlands. He holds a master’s degree in economics and an executive masters in Finance and Control at Maastricht University.

Taiwan: Lucky Cement has appointed Yun-Ju Chen as its chair. She succeeds Liang-Chuan Chen, her father, who has died. Yun-Ju Chen has been a director of the company since 2001.
The Taiwan-based cement producer operates an integrated plant at Tung-Ao and a grinding plant at Pu-Shin.

This company is not related to the larger Pakistan-based producer of the same name.

Türkiye: Çimsa Çimento has appointed Ozan Keskin as its Vice President of Operations. He will succeed Memet Metin Çalışkan in the role from the start of November 2024.

Keskin has worked in the cement industry for over 20 years. He started as a maintenance engineer at OYAK Adana Çimento in 2003. He later worked for Aslan Çimento, eventually becoming Technical Services Manager in 2015 and Investments & Project Manager in 2017. He then jointed Çimsa Çimento in 2018 as Project Manager. He subsequently became a Plant Manager and Investments and Maintenance Director. He is a graduate in mechanical engineering from the Middle East Technical University in Ankara.