Portugal: Portuguese cement producer Cimpor has appointed Luiz Roberto Ortiz Nascimento and André Pires Oliveira Dias as members of the board of directors. The move follows the resignations of Erik Madsen and Walter Schalka.
Ortiz Nascimento, aged 62 from Brazil, holds a degree in economics from Mackenzie University in São Paulo. He became the chief executive officer of construction and trade at Camargo Corrêa, the owner of Cimpor, in 1992.
Oliveira Dias, aged 31 and also from Brazil, holds a degree in Business Administration and International Business from the American Intercontinental University in London. He has worked for Camargo Corrêa since joining its trainee program in 2005. Most recently he was the strategy and planning department manager since 2009.
