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US: Motion Industries has made three appointments to its management with effect from 11 December 2017.

Randy Breaux has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Marketing, Distribution, and Purchasing. In 2016, he was promoted to his most recent position of Senior Vice President of Marketing, Distribution, and Purchasing. He joined Motion Industries in 2011 as Senior Vice President after over 20 years at Baldor Electric.

Kevin Storer has been promoted to Executive Vice President of US Operations and President of MI Mexico, and will maintain responsibility for all field branch sales in the US and Mexico. He began his career with Motion Industries in the West Group in 1987 before being promoted in 2016 to his most recent position as Senior Vice President of US Operations and President of MI Mexico.

Mark Stoneburner has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Industry Segments and Business Development. He joined Motion Industries in 2016 as Corporate Account Vice President - Industry Segments, bringing with him 33 years of industry experience. Stoneburner will continue to share responsibility for merger and acquisition (M&A) strategy.

Motion Industries is an industrial parts distributor of bearings, mechanical power transmission, electrical and industrial automation, hydraulic and industrial hose, hydraulic and pneumatic components, industrial products, safety products, and material handling. It is a subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company based in the US.

Malaysia: Isaac Lugun and Goh Chii Bing have taken their new roles at Cahya Mata Sarawak (CMS) as Group Chief Executive Officer – Corporate and Group Chief Executive Officer – Operations respectively. They replace Richard Curtis who retired as Group Managing Director at the end of December 2017. Curtis will remain at the cement producer as a Non-Executive Director until the end of 2018.

US: Kent Webber has started his new role as president for Monarch Cement. He was appointed to the role in December 2017 following the resignation of Walter H Wulf, according to the Wichita Business Journal. Webber has worked for Monarch Cement since 2013, first as its subsidiary operations manager and then its executive vice president. Wulf will continue in his role as chairman of the board and as a director.

France: Patrick Debavelaere has been appointed as the director of LafargeHoclim’s Val d'Azergues cement plant near Lyon. He suceeds Thomas de Charrette who has been in post for six years, according to Le Pays Roannais newspaper. Debavelaere, aged 43 years, had been working as an industrial director for Lafarge France’s aggregate business. Prior to this he was the production manager at the Martres cement plant.

Ireland: Ernst Bärtschi has retired from the board of CRH. He was appointed to the board of directors in 2011. A Swiss national he was previously the chief executive officer of Sika and had worked for Schindler Group.