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Switzerland: Holcim's board of directors plan to nominate Jürg Oleas for election as a new board member at the company's annual general meeting on 29 April 2014.

Oleas, aged 56 and a Swiss national, holds an MSc in mechanical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. He is the CEO of GEA Group AG, a Dusseldorf-based mechanical engineering company listed on Germany's MDAX stock index. Before joining the GEA Group, he spent nearly 20 years with ABB and the Alstom Group, where he held several management positions.

The Holcim board of directors also intend to propose the election of Wolfgang Reitzle as the new chairman. He will be proposed to succeed Rolf Soiron, who has been the chairman for the past 11 years and a member of the board of directors for 20 years.

Ireland: The Board of Cement Roadstone Holdings (CRH) has announced that Henk Rottinghuis has been appointed as a non-executive director of the company.

Rottinghuis, aged 58, is a Dutch citizen with a background in distribution, wholesale and logistics. He was until 2010 Chief Executive Officer at Pon Holdings BV, a large, privately held international company that is focused on the supply and distribution of passenger cars, trucks and equipment for the construction and marine sectors.

Rottinghuis is currently the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Stork Technical Services which provides asset management services to the oil and gas, power and chemical industries. He is also a member of the supervisory boards of the Royal Bank of Scotland NV and the retail groups Blokker Holding BV and Detailresult Groep.

Bangladesh: HeidelbergCement Bangladesh has appointed Albert Scheuer as its chairman. Scheuer is a member of the managing board of HeidelbergCement Group with responsibility for Asia-Oceania and worldwide co-ordination of the Heidelberg Technology Centre. Before this, he was chief operating officer of HeidelbergCement's operation in China and served as managing director of HeidelbergCement Technology Centre in European Cement Plants of the group from 1998 to 2005.

Kenya: The Kenyan government has appointed William Lay as the new chairman of the East Africa Portland Cement Company (EAPCC), replacing Mark ole Karbolo. Making the announcement, Industrialisation and Enterprise Development Principal Secretary Wilson Songa said that the move would streamline operations at the company and mark a strategic shift in the operations of the cement manufacturer.

The move follows on-going shareholder conflict over the EAPCC between the Kenyan government and French multinational cement producer Lafarge.

Ukraine: Yugtsement company has dismissed its commercial director Tetiana Kazakevych. She was dismissed in compliance with the resignation statement that she submitted previously, according to the Ukranian News Agency. She had occupied the positions since 2001. The company is part of Dyckerhoff Ukraine, which runs three cement plants in the country.