Spain: LafargeHolcim España has appointed Oswaldo Pereda as the director of its integrated Villaluenga de la Sagra cement plant near Toledo. He was previously the director of the plant from 2010 to 2012. He succeeds Maruxa Suárez, who will work at the company’s Carboneras plant in Almería.
Pereda is a graduate in mechanical engineering from the Simón Bolívar University in Venezuela. He first worked for Venezolana de Cementos in 1987 before moving to Lafarge Venezuela in 1995. He has since worked in production and operation roles for Lafarge, Cementos Polpaico and LafargeHolcim in Spain, Brazil and Chile.
