UK: Material Evolution (Mevo) has appointed Phil Litchfield as its Technical Sales Manager.

Litchfield holds over 20 years of expertise in precast concrete products, having recently worked as Sustainability Manager at Brett Landscaping and Building Products. Before that he held the position of Site Technical Manager at Marshalls.

Material Evolution produces an 'ultra-low carbon' cement product called MevoCem. It commissioned its Mevo A1 Production Facility in Wrexham in 2024.

Pakistan: Power Cement has appointed Naveed Afzal as its Chief Financial Officer.

Afzal previously worked as Advisor - Strategy & Operational Excellence for Power Cement in 2025. Before this he worked in a variety of roles for power company K-Electric from 2015 to 2025, eventually becoming Head of Business Finance. He has also worked for Pakistan International Airlines. Afzal is a chartered accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan.

Saudi Arabia: Yanbu Cement has appointed Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Khereiji as its chair following an Ordinary General Assembly held in mid-June 2026. Riyad bin Abdulrahman Aba Al-Khail has also been appointed as vice-chair. The term for both roles is for four years, until June 2030.

India: KJS Cement has appointed Jalaj Srivastava as Chief Sales & Marketing Officer.

Srivastava has worked in the cement sector since the early 1990s starting at Modi Cement. He later worked for Prism Cement from 1997 to 2016 eventually becoming Assistant Vice President (Sales & Marketing). He was later worked as Vice President ( Sales & Marketing) at UltraTech Cement from 2019 to 2025. He has also worked for Shree Cement and Century Textiles and Industries. Srivastava holds undergraduate degrees in science and law. He also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) qualification from Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University in Jaunpur.

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