India: Ambuja Cements, part of LafargeHolcim, has appointed Suresh Joshi as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with effect from February 2016. This followed the resignation of Ambuja Cements' former CFO Sanjeev Churiwala in October 2015.
In addition, Christof Haessig was appointed as an Additional Director (Non independent - representing the Promoter Group) on the Board of Directors with effect from 9 December 2015. Haessig, at present, is the Head of Corporate Strategy and Mergers and Acquisitions at LafargeHolcim.
Ambuja Cements reported a 36% decline in its standalone net profit to US$23m for the quarter that ended on 30 September 2015, compared to a net profit of US$35.8m in the same period of 2014. Its total standalone income fell by 4% to US$316m in the July - September 2015 quarter compared to US$330m in the same quarter of 2014.