People

Germany: Eric Jaschke has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Schenck Process Group with effect from 1 July 2016. Jaschke will preside over the Schenck Process Group’s global financial organisation, working closely with Andreas Evertz, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Jaschke has already fulfilled the role of CFO on a provisional basis since October 2015.

Jaschke started his career at Schenck Process in 1999 as a specialist for international controlling. In this capacity he focused on building and advancing a management information system. He was CFO of Schenck Process Australia from 2006 to 2007 and became Managing Director of the company in Australia at the start of 2008. Jaschke returned to Germany in 2012 and led the Business Unit Heavy in Darmstadt, one of the four core Business Units of Schenck Process.

Jaschke holds a master’s degree in business administration at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management in Sydney, Australia. He gained his bachelor’s degree at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University in Mannheim, Germany.

Switzerland: LafargeHolcim has appointed Alessandra Girolami as the group’s new Head of Investor Relations from 1 September 2016. Girolami will report to group chief financial officer Ron Wirahadiraksa. She replaces Michel Gerber, who will leave the group.

Girolami joins LafargeHolcim from the Carrefour Group, where she has been in Investor Relations since 2005 and Head of Financial Communications and Investor Relations since 2014. She began her career at ABN AMRO as a sell-side analyst. Girolami graduated from ESCP Europe with a major in finance and holds a postgraduate degree in Applied Economics from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris.

India: Jagdish Chander Bhutani has resigned as a director of Burnpur Cement. The resignation takes effect from 21 June 2016.

US: Adriano Greco will become the CEO of FCT Inc from 1 August 2016. Greco became the company’s US-based sales director in early 2016. Greco has previously acted as managing director of Greco and as sales director for Gebr. Pfeiffer.

Other staff movements at FCT Inc include the appointment of Ricardo Costa as a technical director based in Brazil. The company will also open a new office in Florida to support its development in the Latin American market. Elsewhere in the group, Joel Maia has joined FCT as the technical director of its European subsidiary, FCT GmbH.

China: Li Quanhua has resigned as the vice president of Huaxin Cement due to personal reasons. His letter of resignation was submitted on 18 June 2016 and has immediate effect. The board of directors have expressed their thanks to Li Quanhua for his contribution to the company.