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India: UltraTech Cement has appointed K K Maheshwari as Managing Director and Additional Director for a period of four years with effect from 1 April 2016. Maheshwari is a chartered accountant with over 38 years of experience.

The post was previously held by O P Puranmalka, who will cease to be the company's Managing Director on 31 March 2016, but will continue as a Non-executive Director from 1 April 2016.

India: Prism Cement Limited has appointed Joydeep Mukherjee as its Chief Executive Officer - HRJ (designate) and Key Managerial Personnel with effect from 16 December 2015. HRJ or H R Jhonson is a division of Prism Cement.

Sri Lanka: Harsha Cabral was appointed as the Director of Tokyo Cement Company Lanka one year ago on 1 December 2014. Cabral was appointed to the Board in March 2009

Australia: Martin Brydon has been appointed the Managing Director of Adelaide Brighton. He is currently the Chief Executive Office of the Australian construction materials company.

Brydon, aged 60, trained in electrical and electronic engineering with BHP before completing a Masters Degree in Business Administration and the Stanford Executive Program in the USA in 1998.

Brydon joined Cockburn Cement Limited as an Electrical Engineer in 1981. In 1998 he was appointed Cockburn Cement Limited's Chief Executive Officer. Following Cockburn Cement's merger into Adelaide Brighton in 1999, Brydon became the Group General Manager for the Western Division.

In 2001, Martin was appointed to the position of General Manager, Strategy and Business Development for the Adelaide Brighton group of companies. In 2005, Martin was appointed to the position of Executive General Manager, Cement and Lime at Adelaide Brighton and in 2014 in became its Chief Executive Officer.

Colombia: As of 1 March 2016, the current President of Cementos Argos, Jorge Mario Velasquez, will be the new President of the entire Argos group in Colombia.

Velasquez, born in Bogota in 1960, will replace the retiring Jose Alberto Velez. Velasquez joined Cementos Argos in 1984 and, on his way up within the company, has served as General Director of Cementos del Nare, President of Cementos Paz del Rio and Vice President of Logistics at Cementos Argos. He became the latter's President in June 2012. Velez has said that the main challenges awaiting Velasquez are the integration of Odinsa into Grupo Argos, the consolidation of Pactia (the property fund established with Conconcreto) and the expansion of Cementos Argos and Celsia.