Greece: Titan Cement has appointed Marcel Cobuz as the chair of its executive committee. He will succeed Dimitri Papalexopoulos in the post from 15 October 2022. Papalexopoulos, in turn, will become the chair of the board of directors, succeeding Efstratios-Georgios Arapoglou.
Cobuz, a French and Romanian national, has worked for Holcim and its associated companies for over 20 years. He joined Lafarge Group in 2000 and has held various leadership roles in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. He later became the Europe Region Head for LafargeHolcim from 2018 to 2021. Prior to his time at Lafarge, Cobuz started his career in investment banking at Creditanstalt Investment Bank and worked as an entrepreneur in Romania. He studied law and economics in Bucharest, completed an Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School and has attended executive programs at INSEAD, the IMD Business School and Singularity Group.