China: Ji Youhong has retired as the chair of China Resources Cement as he has reached retirement age. He has also stepped down as an executive director, the chair of the company’s strategy and investment committee and the chair of its nomination committee. CEO Jing Shiqin will chair the board on an interim basis until a successor is appointment.

Ji was appointed as the chair of the board of China Resources Cement in 2022 and an executive director in 2016. He originally joined the group in 2003 and has worked in various positions including the general manager of various cement and concrete subsidiaries, the marketing controller from 2008 to 2012, the Regional General Manager (Guangxi) from 2012 to 2016, and the CEO from 2016 to 2023. JI holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering and a master’s degree in inorganic and non-metallic materials. He is currently the vice chair of the China Building Materials Federation and the executive vice chair of the China Cement Association. Previously he was the Vice President of the Eighth Council of the China Concrete and Cement-Based Products Association.

Finland: Tana Oy has appointed Anu Söderena as Manager, Nordics & Baltics. Her responsibilities include leading and developing the sales and rental business of Tana Rental's machine portfolio, as well as coordinating maintenance and spare parts operations.

Söderena previously worked as a Business Development Manager at Kuusakoski Recycling, where she was responsible for managing a recycling plant investment project, among other roles. She holds a master’s degree in materials engineering and a master of business administration qualification.

Ireland: CRH has appointed Alan Connolly as its Interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The move follows the appointment of Jim Mintern, the current CFO, as Group CEO from January 2025. Recruitment is ongoing for a permanent CFO.

Connolly is a chartered accountant who holds over three decades of finance experience working at CRH. He has held several senior finance roles across the company’s European and Americas businesses. He most recently worked as the Director of Strategic Finance. Prior to this he was the Finance and Performance Director of Europe Materials, CFO of Global Building Products and Director of Group Finance. Before working for CRH, Connolly was an auditor at KPMG.

Philippines: The Consunji Group has appointed Herbert M Consunji as the president and CEO of Cemex Holdings Philippines (CHP). The group completed its acquisitions of CHP from Cemex in early December 2024, according to the Manila Bulletin newspaper. It plans to change the name of the company to Concreat Holdings Philippines subject to the approval of shareholders at a meeting to be held in February 2025.

Consunji is the Executive Vice President, Chief Finance Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Risk Officer of DMCI Holdings, part of Consunji Group. He concurrently sits on the board of various DMCI Holdings subsidiary companies. He is a certified public accountant and he graduated from De La Salle University in Manila with a degree in commerce majoring in Accounting.