Spain: Oficemen has appointed Elena Guede as its Director General. She succeeds Aniceto Zaragoza in the role, who has been in post for 20 years. She will be the first women to hold the job.
Guede has recently been working as an independent consultant for Tubacex and CELSA Group. She has experience working for cement companies culminating as Senior Vice President for Strategy and Sustainability for CRH from 2021 to 2024. Earlier in her career she was the plant manager of Cementos Lemona and was, at the time in 2013, the first woman to run a cement plant in Spain. She also worked for Cementos Portland Valderrivas. She started her career in the cement sector working as Laboratory Head at Cementos Lemona from 1995. Guede holds a PhD in chemical engineering from the Basque Country University (EHU) and a master’s in business administration qualification from the European Business School.
