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Soner Atilmis appointed as terminal manager at Çimsa
Written by Global Cement staff
11 January 2023
Cyprus/Türkiye: Çimsa has appointed Soner Atilmis as the terminal manager at its Kıbrıs terminal in Northern Cyprus. Previous roles at Çimsa included working as Domestic Special Products Sales Executive and Technical Support Supervisor since 2007. Before this he held project management and mechanical engineering positions with Mersin Makina Sanayi and Gökçay İnşaat respectively. Atilmis holds a degree in engineering from Mersin University.
Carsten Riisberg Lund appointed as chair of Hasle Refractories
Written by Global Cement staff
11 January 2023
Demark: Hasle Refractories has appointed Carsten Riisberg Lund as chair of its board of directors.
Riisberg Lund has worked in the cement industry for 35 years mostly for equipment supplier FLSmidth. His most recent role was as FLSmidth’s Cement Industry President since late 2020. Before this he worked as the President for Region Europe, North Africa and Russia (ENAR). He started his career as a Process and Commissioning Engineer for FLSmidth. Since then he led FLSmidth’s former Material Handling division and spent three years as managing director in India.
Scott Healy appointed as chief financial officer of Fortera
Written by Global Cement staff
11 January 2023
US: Fortera has appointed Scott Healy as its chief financial officer (CFO). He has worked for 30 years in the wind, solar, natural gas, plastic recycling and energy industries. Notable recent positions include CFO and Senior Vice President at recycling company Brightmark.
Fortera is a materials technology company that has developed a recarbonation process that uses captured CO2 and mineralises it into a secondary cementitious material.
Vassilis Mavridis appointed as Group Chief Operating Officer at ACICO Group
Written by Global Cement staff
11 January 2023
Kuwait: ACICO Group has appointed Vassilis Mavridis as its Group Chief Operating Officer for Factories. He previously worked for Sibline as its Chief Operating Officer in Lebanon. Prior to this he worked for Titan Cement in Greece for around 18 years, eventually becoming the plant manager of the Thessaloniki Plant from 2003 to 20211 (2021 or 2011?). Mavridis holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and qualifications from Cranfield University in the UK and the Harvard Business School.
Piotr Sperka appointed as Site Director at Vesuvius Poland
Written by Global Cement staff
11 January 2023
Poland: Vesuvius Poland has appointed Piotr Sperka as Site Director and the president of its management board. He has worked for Vesuvius and its US-based subsidiary since 2007. He started as a production manager for Vesuvius USA, eventually becoming a Plant Operations Producer Manager in 2017. He later held roles as the Operations Manager - Advanced Refractories in Poland for Vesuvius and SLG and Purging Products Director EMEA. Sperka holds a master’s degree in mechanics and machine design from the Cracow University of Technology and a qualification in Postgraduate Business Studies.