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Thierry Legrand appointed as Lafarge’s senior vice president of transformation and acceleration
Written by Global Cement staff
23 July 2014
France: Thierry Legrand has been appointed as senior vice president of transformation and acceleration at Lafarge's head office in Paris. Legrand has been the chief executive of Lafarge South Africa for five years. Kenneth MacLean, who is currently Lafarge group's senior vice president for performance aggregate, will replace him from 1 August 2014.
During his time in South Africa, Legrand integrated the company's local cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, gypsum and fly ash business lines into a country organisation and drove its ambition of contributing to building better cities. MacLean said that he was excited to be in South Africa and looked forward to the challenge.
Vecoplan names Uwe Eschenhorst as vice president of cement business
Written by Global Cement staff
23 July 2014
US: Vecoplan, a provider of processing technologies and comprehensive systems for the production of alternative fuel from waste and biomass and fuels feeding systems, has appointed Uwe Eschenhorst as vice president of its cement business. Eschenhorst joined Vecoplan in 2012 as vice president of its alternative fuels and energy competency centre. Prior to that he was the environmental services manager at Polysius Corp USA, working with the cement and minerals industries. Eschenhorst brings more than 14 years of practical experience to his new position at Vecoplan.
"Uwe's impressive credentials and vast experience in this sector make him the perfect choice to head-up our Cement Business Unit here at Vecoplan," said Len Beusse, COO of Vecoplan. In his new position, Eschenhorst will be responsible for sales in the North American cement industry. He will also supervise all strategic aspects of large projects in this sector.
Vulcan Materials names new CEO
Written by Global Cement staff
16 July 2014
US: Vulcan Materials has announced that its board has named J Thomas Hill as the company's new CEO, succeeding Donald James in the role. James, who is 65 years old, will become the company's executive chairman. He has served as Vulcan's CEO since 1996 and as its chairman since 1997. Hill, who is 55, previously had acted as Vulcan's chief operating officer. Before that, he held several management positions in sales and operations since joining the company in 1979.
Vulcan also promoted its financial chief John McPherson to the position of chief financial and strategy officer, a role in which he will oversee strategy and human resources functions in addition to his existing duties.
New director appointed at Voskresenskcement
Written by Global Cement staff
16 July 2014
Russia: Andrey Nesen has been appointed as the new director of Voskresenskcement plant, a Lafarge subsidiary. Nesen will oversee production and personnel development, the upkeep of corporate safety standards and will control implementation of the plant's social projects. Andrey Nesen previously occupied the position of Voskresenskcement's operations director, production manager and director of the production analysis department.
Reliance Infrastructure appoints M S Mehta as new CEO
Written by Global Cement staff
09 July 2014
India: Reliance Infrastructure Ltd (R-Infra), part of Reliance Group, has named M S Mehta as chief executive officer (CEO) with effect from 7 July 2014. He will take over as CEO from Lalit Jalan, who held the portfolio for more than seven years.
Mehta was the Group CEO of Vedanta Resources Plc until recently, having held the position for five years. Prior to that, Mehta was the CEO of Hindustan Zinc Ltd. Mehta is a mechanical engineer and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
R-Infra is an infrastructure company developing projects, through various special purpose vehicles, in sectors such as roads, metro rail and cement. R-Infra also promoted Jalan as director (corporate strategy and affairs), saying that Jalan will steer future growth initiatives.