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India: Krishna Mohan Nendraganti has resigned as the chair and director of Sri Chakra Cement. He cited personal reasons for the departure.

UK: Saxlund has appointed Karen Moore as the chief operating officer of its UK operations. She was previously the finance manager for the company. She holds experience working in a range of financial and management roles across industrial companies, following a career that started in accountancy firms. Moore will report to UK chief executive officer Matt Drew. His job title has changed from managing director to reflect the strategic nature of his responsibilities to the business and as member of the Saxlund Group senior executive management team.

India: ACC has appointed Rashmi Khandelwal as its company secretary. She succeeds Rajiv Choubey who will remain with ACC as chief legal officer.

Khandelwal is a qualified company secretary with 13 years of professional experience. Previous roles include working for YES Bank and the legal company Mis Yaish Associates. She has also co-written two books about the government’s Companies Act 2013.

Australia: Tino La Spina has resigned as the Chief Finance & Strategy Officer of Boral. The board of the company intends to provide notice of termination on 1 July 2022. La Spina, who was previously the chief executive officer (CEO) of airline Qantas International took the role at Boral in late 2020. Jared Gashel will immediately assume the role of Acting Chief Financial Officer until a permanent appointment is made. Gashel is currently working as Executive General Manager, Group Finance and Property.

In a statement, Boral’s chief executive officer Ryan Stokes said, “In a tough external operating environment, we have decided to accelerate transformational change.” Stokes became CEO of Boral in mid-2021 when his family’s company Seven Group became a majority shareholder.

Taiwan: Taiwan Cement has appointed Emerson Chang appointed as its Chief Information Security Officer. Chang became a director of Taiwan Cement in 2020. Prior to this he worked as the Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure Manager for consumer electronics company Compal Communication for over 10 years.