People

US: US Concrete has appointed Ronnie Pruitt as its president and chief operating officer. Pruitt will continue to report to chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) William J Sandbrook and, in this expanded role, will take over many corporate functions that support the company's operational business units.

Pruitt, aged 48 years, has been with US Concrete since 2015 and has over 25 years of industry experience. Prior to joining US Concrete, he served as Vice President of Martin Marietta Materials and as Vice President of Cement Production and Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Texas Industries (TXI).

Germany: Michael Lambert has been appointed to the management board of Vecoplan. He has been responsible for the company’s commercial operations since 2014 and is the manager of its European subsidiaries. In this capacity he supports Werner Berens, who has been chief executive officer (CEO) of Vecoplan since 2012 and is in charge of Vecoplan’s divisions and supply chain activities.

Lambert, aged 40 years, has a degree in business administration and has held a number of management positions. In 2008 he assumed the post of commercial director in the Saar-Gummi Group and he became manager of the group’s non-automotive business in 2011. In January 2014 Lambert went to Vecoplan, where he was appointed chief financial officer (CFO).

Russia: Eurocement has appointed Andrey Solovyov as the director general of its 2.6Mt/yr Peterburgtsement plant. Soloviev, a graduate of the Moscow Mining Institute, holds experience working for other cement companies. He previously ran Eurocement’s Sengileevskiy cement plant in Ulyanovsk. He has been suceeded at this site by Ildus Sagitov, a graduate of the Belgorod State Technological University.

UK: EvoQuip has appointed Barry O’Hare as its International Sales Director. He holds experience in the crushing and screening industry, having worked in a number of positions for Powerscreen and Terex MPS over the past 11 years, most recently as a Powerscreen Regional Sales Manager. In the new role O’Hare will be responsible for leading the strategic and operational sales activities for EvoQuip in all markets excluding North America, as well as a range of sales supporting responsibilities, including the development and management of territory sales.

Germany: Ali Emir Adıgüzel has resigned as the chief executive officer (CEO) of HeidelbergCement trading subsidiary HC Trading. He will be succeeded by Hakan Gurdal, a member of HeidelbergCement’s management board.

In a statement on LinkedIn Adıgüzelthanked HeidelbergCement’s chairman Bernd Scheifele for his support over the last 15 years. He added that it was, normal to have differences of opinion regarding the performance evaluation, strategy and future steps in companies.

Born in Turkey, the 58-year old Adıgüzel graduated from Harvard Business School in the US and the Boğaziçi University Business Administration Department in Turkey. He started his career working in Saudi Arabia and has been the general manager of HC Trading since 1996. He became Trade Chairman for the Mediterranean, Middle East and International regions, which include Turkey in 2004 and was appointed CEO in 2016.