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Denmark: FLSmidth has appointed Tamer Eid as the new president for the Australia region, with effect from 14 September 2020, and Claudio Garcia Bernal as president for the South America region. The group also announced that Ramanathan (Ram) Chandran, who was appointed president for the Subcontinental India region in August 2020, will start his role on 4 September 2020.

Tamer Eid has held various senior executive and technical roles in the mining and oil and gas sectors including working with Weir in the US and UK and in various senior roles within Outotec. He holds an MBA and a degree in mechanical engineering. He will be based out of FLSmidth’s Welshpool facility in Perth, Australia.

Claudio Garcia Bernal previously served as acting president for the South America region since April 2020. Ramanathan Chandran joins FLSmdith from Minerals Technologies Inc. where he was Vice President (Minteq Asia) & MD (Minerals Technologies India).

US: Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has appointed Thomas Brooks as its chief technology officer (CTO). He previously worked as BHS’ Director of Technology and Product Development. Brooks was recently named a Waste360 40 Under 40 award winner. He has served in management and new product development roles in the aerospace, biomedical, industrial and automotive industries, among others. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Tennessee Tech University in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on controls and fluid dynamics.

China: Color Star Technology, owner of Beijing Xin Ao Concrete Group and Beijing Ao Hang Construction Materials Technology, has announced the Appointment of Hung-Jen Kuo to its board of directors. Kuo will chair the nominating and corporate governance committee and sit on the audit committee and the compensation committee. He is executive president of Fosun Capital and was previously security services director and head of Deutsche Bank China and managing director of Gopher Asset Management.

CEO Biao Lu said, “Mr Kuo is a great addition to our Board of Directors, and his expertise and reputation as an executive and experience in corporate finance can improve our efforts to represent Color Star's stakeholders. He has established a track record of driving great values, and his scope of experience can support his work alongside his fellow directors and the company's leadership.”

Turkey: Sabancı Holding has appointed Umut Zenar as the general manager of Çimsa following the departure of Ülkü Özcan. Zenar’s previous role as the general manager of Akçansa, a joint venture between Sabancı and HeidelbergCement, will be filled by Mehmet Zeki Kanadıkırık. The changes will take effect from the start of September 2020.

Zenar holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. He started his professional career in 2003 as a Business Development Specialist at Zorlu Holding before joining Akçansa in 2004. After working in sales, marketing and business development roles he moved to Oyak Cement Concrete Paper Group in 2016 as a general coordinator before returning to Akçansa as its general manager in 2018.

Kanadıkırık holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Middle East Technical University in Ankara. He started his career worked for Çukurova İthalat, Brisa, Lubrekip, Kordsa and Tekstil Servis. In 2006 he became the Production Manager at Kordsa Turkey and subsequently became the Manufacturing Director of Kordsa Turkey, the Operations Director of Thai Indo Kordsa and the Chief Operating Officer (CEO) of Asia Pacific for Kordsa in 2015.

Australia: The SmartCrete Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) has appointed Warren South as its chief executive officer (CEO). He will join the cement and concrete research organisation in mid-September 2020 and lead the consolidation of its central services function, initially supporting the ‘Fast Start’ and Round 1 research projects. South joins the SmartCrete CRC following nine years as Director – Research and Technical Services with Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia (CCAA).