US: Saxum has appointed Jared Weston as General Manager for North American Operations & VP of Strategic Planning. He previously worked as Director of Sales and VP of Strategic Planning for the engineering and project management company. Earlier in his career he spent over 15 years working for FLSmidth, starting as a commissioning engineer in 2006 and becoming head of Capital Sales from 2020 to 2023. Weston is a graduate in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering from Penn State University.

Nigeria: BUA Cement has appointed Chikezie Ajaero as its acting chief financial officer. He succeeds Jacques Piekarski in the post, who resigned at the end of April 2024.

Ajaero is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and has over 25 years of experience in financial reporting and control. He also holds a masters of business administration from the University of Lagos. He previously worked as the finance director for the company’s Obu cement plant since 2020.

UAE: Gulf Cement Company has appointed Mohamed Ahmed Ali Ebrahim as its CEO. He was previously working as the company’s Acting CEO.

Thailand: Siam City Cement has appointed Ranjan Sachdeva as its Group CEO from the start of May 2024. He succeeded the previous CEO, Aidan Lynam, on an acting basis in January 2024. He will also continue to work as the Group Chief Financial Officer until a replacement is found.

Sachdeva has worked for Siam City Cement since 2017, first as the Group Head Internal Audit and Compliance and then as the Group Chief Financial Officer, from April 2023. Prior to this he worked in procurement and audit roles for Holcim in India. He has also spent time at Vedanta and Nestle during his career. He holds a bachelor of engineering from the Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology and a master of business administration (MBA) degree from the University of Leicester, among other qualifications.