Germany: Schenck Process has appointed Keith Cochrane as chairman and Harry Kenyon-Slaney as a member of its Advisory Board. The appointments follow the completion of Blackstone’s acquisition of the measuring and process technology equipment company.

Cochrane is currently the interim chief executive officer (CEO) of Carillion, prior to which he served as the CEO of the Weir Group, a manufacturer of highly-engineered products and services for the minerals, oil and gas and power industries. He joined Weir as Finance Director in July 2006 and was appointed CEO in November 2009. In 2015, Cochrane was appointed as the UK Government’s Lead Non-Executive Director for the Scotland Office and Office of the Advocate General. He is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Cochrane was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and appointed CBE in 2016.

Kenyon-Slaney is currently Non-Executive Chairman at Gem Diamonds having been appointed in June 2017. He holds over 33 years of experience in the mining industry, principally with Rio Tinto. Until 2015, Kenyon-Slaney was a member of the Group Executive committee of Rio Tinto where he held the roles of CEO of Energy, and before that CEO of Diamonds and Minerals. Kenyon-Slaney also serves as a senior advisor to McKinsey & Co.

In addition, Lionel Assant, Juergen Pinker and Saleh Panahi, all of Blackstone, have been appointed to the Advisory Board.

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: 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.

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.