People

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.

Brazil: Eduardo Mazzilli de Vassimon has been announced as the president of Votorantim. He will succeed Raul Calfat on 1 May 2019 following a transition period in April 2019. Calfat has worked for Votorantim since 1992 when it acquired Papel Simão. He later became chairman of the board of directors in 2014.

Vassimon, a 60-year old, graduated in business administration at the Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (FGV EAESP) and in economics at the School of Economics, Business and Accounting of the University of São Paulo (FEA USP) with a postgraduate degree at EAESP and at the HEC business school in France. He has worked for more than 30 years in the financial market, including for Itaú-Unibanco. His last position was as director general at Itaú-Unibanco's wholesale bank and president of Itaú BBA.

Canada: Lafarge Canada has appointed David Redfern as the chief executive officer (CEO) of its Eastern Canada operations. Previously Product Line General Manager for Western Canada Aggregates and the Greater Vancouver area, Redfern joined LafargeHolcim in 1999 and has held numerous roles of increasing responsibility throughout Canada and France. He holds more than 25 years of experience in the construction materials business.

Redfern received his Bachelor of Political Science degree from Queen's University in Kingston. He also holds certificates of achievement from Duke University, INSEAD and the University of Toronto. He is a Board member of the National Zero Waste Council and Business Council of British Columbia.