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Philippines: Cemex Holdings Philippines has appointed Luis Guillermo Franco Carrillo as its president and chief executive with effect from 1 June 2022. He has succeeded Ignacio Mijares, who will now lead Corporate Strategic Planning at the Cemex central office.

Franco Carrillo previously worked as the Builders Segment Vice President for Cemex Mexico. He holds over 23 years of experience with Cemex, since joining the company in 1999. Prior to his assignment to the Philippines, Luis worked in senior positions in the UK, Hungary and Mexico. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) and a master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Nigeria: Guillaume Moyen has resigned as the chief financial officer (CFO) of Dangote Cement. He cited personal reasons for his departure from the post. Moyen will be succeeded by Gbenga Fapohunda as the acting CFO.

Fapohunda holds over 20 years of experience in corporate finance. He joined Dangote Cement as the Regional CFO in Nigeria in early 2021. Prior to this he held regional CFO roles for Japan Tobacco International and British American Tobacco. Earlier in his career, he was a manager within the financial advisory team at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) and also worked as a consultant at KPMG Professional Services.

He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from the London Business School and a Doctor of Philosophy (Marketing) from Delta State University in the US. Gbenga holds membership of a number of professional accountancy and finance bodies in Nigeria.

India: Sunil Kumar has resigned as the managing director of RCC Cements. He said he was unable to devote his time to company business.

Finland: Coolbrook has appointed Joonas Rauramo as its chief executive officer. In this role he will be responsible for overseeing the transition from a research and development focused organisation to a commercial-led business with the aim of partnering with the large companies in petrochemical, steel and cement sectors. Rauramo succeeds Harri Johannesdahl in the role, who has chosen to take a less hands-on role at the business and will stay on in an advisory capacity.

Rauramo joined Coolbrook in late 2021 as its Executive Vice President, Strategy and Industrial Partnerships. Prior to this he worked for the Finland-based energy company Fortum for over a decade.

Finland-based Coolbrook is a technology and engineering company that is developing processes to replace the burning of fossil fuels in major industrial sectors. Its RDH has potential applications in cement, steel and chemical production process. Its Roto Dynamic Reactor (RDR) is intended to eliminate CO₂ emissions from the steam cracking process used in the production of plastic.

Look out for an interview with Joonas Rauramo in the September 2022 issue of Global Cement Magazine

UK: Ireland-based Ecocem has appointed Mark Till as its National Sales Manager for the UK. His role will include overseeing commercial operations across the company's UK bases, strengthening existing customer relationships, working on specifications from engineers and architects and developing opportunities in new markets. Till has worked for Ecocem since 2019 as the UK Regional Sales Manager. Prior to this he worked for Oscrete Construction Products in sales roles from 2011 and for Brett Aggregates from 2002.